Seeing Light

Light on Form

What one light does to a solid

Under one light, every rounded solid shows the same families of light and dark. Once you can name them, you can find them on anything.

• The Light and Shadow Sequence
• Highlights
• The Core Shadow
• Reflected Light
• Cast Shadows
• Flat Planes and Round Forms

Works in this part

• Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber
• Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware
• Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams

Image: Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931)