Mairin-Taj Caya

Candle Lit - February's Theme - Chapter Two {Hands}

Added 2022-02-28 21:57:39 +0000 UTC

This month, with the cold and sick preventing more exciting outdoor photoshoot content {looking at March for more to come}, I'm offering a candle-lit theme, instead.

Chapter Two takes another look at the the gesture and anatomy of the hand, but in more dynamic lighting. The temperature range from this set up brings more attention to direction and the facets or plane shifts of the form.

I really enjoy the way a solitary flame can completely shift the tonal range of a simple face or figure on a plain wall. The colors come alive, and the true colorist opportunities for working with the dynamism of complimentary colors is so fun. There's so much to do from such a limited or simple thing.

If you're currently working on values, rendering forms through value ranges, or anything more chiaroscuro, the candle lit reference is useful in that sense. And if you are currently working on your color, playing with the conversation between opposites, limiting the palette to complimentary pairs like this one here of blue and orange is a great opportunity as well.

Or, just enjoy the mood and potential for conceptual story-telling by going with the postures and creating more of a narrative through an illustrative approach! A sorceress summoning magic over a cauldron, perhaps?

Just under the wire, this batch focuses on the hands in candle light, so it's a great gesture opportunity, or temperature study.

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Model: Mairin-Taj Caya

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