who out there paints

[Sanackranib]

painting

So, what is your light setup like? I've been playing around with mine and am just confusing myself about what might be good.

When I started, I had a 60W Luxo style lamp; and room lighting was a 75W globe above my head with flourescents nearby. I'm not sure what color that all mixed to, but I was pretty happy.

Then I got a 25W magnifier, and suddenly I was having trouble with the paint drying out too quick (from the heat of all these lamps going) and I was throwing a big mess of sharp shadows that hid detail. Also, my eyes would adjust to all the bright light and mess me up when I looked at the mini in natural light the next day.

I had similar problems when I used two 60W Luxos from different angles.
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Most offen I pait on my paito using the paito light (no idea what it is other then its not bright enough) my wife got me a desk magnifier with a light and I sometimes use the light but my depth preception through the magnifier is WAY off so the only thing its used for is light, and then only when I feel like gettig up and pluging it in,
So, does everyone use one spotlight or a couple or a bunch of fill-lights and a spotlight? Or something else?

A lot of the thime I paint because I can't sleep, but I have found that after painting for a few hours my back gets stiff (probabily becuse i'm in an awkward position for a few hours on the porch!).
for me painting in the day is harder because I usually don't paint in the morning and thats when the porch gets light.

The idea of brookhurst I'm still mulling around with . . .