- The sky is not a flat even blue
- looking in the vicinity of the sun much more golden green
- looking away from sun much cooler, purple blue
- sky gets lighter near the sun
ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
- objects at a distance are brighter and dimmer because of all the atmosphere between you and them
- Warm colors advance, cool colors recede
REVERSE ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
- cool colors advance, warm colors recede
- rare
GOLDEN HOUR LIGHTING
- at dawn and at dusk
- colors become bold and dramatic because sun shines through an ocean of air
SUNSETS
- if the air is full of moisture and dust, red and yellow clouds
- light hitting clouds remains relatively white compared to light hitting the ground
FOG MIST SMOKE DUST
- contrast drops
- soft cast shadows
- blue illumination from the sky
SKY HOLES AND FOLIAGE
- when painting leaves use selective detail
- kinda like hair
SUNBEAMS AND SHADOWBEAMS
- sunbeams are shafts of light made visible in dust or moisture from the atmosphere
- they have to go through something
- shadow beams occur most often when a jet contrail aligns with the line of sight
DAPPLED LIGHT
- as sunlight passes through upper leaves it leaves dappled pattern in the shadows
- spaces between leaves act as pinhole projectors
- if sun was eclipsed little eclipsed shapes
CLOUD SHADOWS
- Passing clouds interrupt the sun
- shadow area is darker and cooler than sunlit area but not as much of a blue cast because light entering shaded area is average of blue light and white light from cloud layer
- soft edge
- size and spacing matches the clouds in the sky
SNOW AND ICE
- pick up more shadow color and light
WATER REFLECTION AND TRANSPARENCY
- can see through the water better closer to you than farther away
- darks reflect on water too. depends on how dirty the water is how they show up
- cast shadows not over deep clear water
- cast shadows do go over deep dirty water
COLOR UNDERWATER
- water filters selective colors, leaving a blue cast
- various impurities can discolor the water
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