The Truth About Painting Light — Miss This and Your Paintings Will Fail
Get the best online personalized mentorship available in landscape painting: www.OilPaintingPlus.com TOPICS COVERED IN THIS VIDEO: How to paint light • How to paint shadows • Light and Shadow color in painting • The difference between painting overcast and sunlight • Warm and cool shadows • Cast shadows in painting • Light planes and shadow planes • Color temperature in painting • Light and Shadow painting tutorial • How to paint realistic shadows • Painting light and shadow • Shadow values in painting • Plein air painting techniques • How to paint convincing light in any medium 🎨 ABOUT JASON LEE TAKO Jason Lee Tako is a nationally recognized oil painter whose work has been featured in Plein Air Magazine and Art of the West. He was named Featured Artist at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (2020) and the NatureWorks Art Show (2023), has exhibited in the C.M. Russell Auction, and served as a Guest Artist at the 2026 Plein Air Convention and Expo in Branson, MO. He teaches oil painting through Oil Painting+ — a small-group online workshop membership with monthly instruction, live critique, and over five years of recorded sessions. 🔗 Learn more: OilPaintingPlus.com

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