That’s why art studios had only windows letting the north light enter. Roughly same uniform cool light all day.
Until the invention of the paint tube (and rail) so you could paint outside.
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Mac@mander.xyz 4 weeks agoMeanwhile all the good paintings were from before lights were invented
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I would think that accurate color representation would’ve generally required the bright lights and broad spectrum coverage of sunlight, so I imagine people just…painted during the day, by daylight.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Except for the cave paintings, that’s exactly the case.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Oil paint needs for ever to dry anyways (between layers)