Lighting

[Ordo Septenarius]

Hello, all,

I use natural lighting when I can, and have a couple of arm lights. Currently, both have 100w florescent bulbs in there.

Honestly, they work well, but it's straining my eyes. I feel like they're so powerful, that light is actually reflected off wet paint and back into my eyes, burning them.

Any suggestions on what I might use to mute the light, or perhaps a different light source? I have heard about daylight bulbs, but I assume they're difficult to have shipped, given the delicacy of light bulbs?

Thanks in advance.

OS

 

[Einion]

I feel like they're so powerful, that light is actually reflected off wet paint and back into my eyes, burning them.

Move them back a bit then! 2x100W is quite a bit of light, you might also try turning one off and having a single task light with the general room light on as well.

Just as a general thing on the light source, fluorescent lighting is not generally great light to paint by, although many of us make do. There are many options these days with better spectra (including other fluorescents), but not all "daylight" or "full-spectrum" lights are that good so you have to do some research.

Einion

 

[Bloodhowl]

Hello, all,

I use natural lighting when I can, and have a couple of arm lights. Currently, both have 100w florescent bulbs in there.

Honestly, they work well, but it's straining my eyes. I feel like they're so powerful, that light is actually reflected off wet paint and back into my eyes, burning them.

Any suggestions on what I might use to mute the light, or perhaps a different light source? I have heard about daylight bulbs, but I assume they're difficult to have shipped, given the delicacy of light bulbs?

Thanks in advance.

OS

You can get daylight bulbs at Walmart, K-Mart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's Home Improvement and I've seen them in some Supermarkets. No need to have them shipped unless you live in a very rural area without any of these stores.

 

[Jkos]

What you want to look for is a light source in de 5500-6000K range, often called cold white.
If you go lower you can get a red tone to the light as I did once, my rohan looked like clowns on parade when I got them to the gaming club and better lighting

 

[Ordo Septenarius]

Hey all,

So, I mixed it up (which seemed to be good advice), and my eyes aren't strained anymore, nor is there reflection off the wet paint and/or subsequent eye burn.

I basically used one of those $10 stand lights (from Costco) and put two ultra-flourescent 100w bulbs in them for the room light (I don't use these if it's daytime; I just open the shades and windows). My two desklamps are now 1) a 100w flourescent bulb and 2) a 100w daylight bulb, which is the main light I paint under. I paint on a white surface, which reflects a lot of the light back.

Anyway, I appreciate all the suggestions from everyone.

OS