It has been a while since I have had time to sit and do a digital painting, or any art for that matter. Recently I hosted a quick workshop on color. We mainly discussed the color wheel and how to use it to create color schemes. The fun part of course was the hands on! For anyone who needs a fun project find some way of getting a red or green light. As you can see from my quick painting, the shadows cast when using a colored light have color as well! It's of no coincidence that the cast shadow appears to be the complimentary color of the light source. In fact, a blue light will produce an orange shadow, green light produces a red shadow and so on.

For anyone testing this experiment, make sure your room isn't too dark or else your green shadows are apt to still look black (even though they will actually be dark green). But I hope anyone with the time will give the experiment a try. Not only is it interesting, but it provides a great opportunity to observe light and colors. Being forced into an unnatural light situation really makes it easy to observe what is actually happening. And next time you are outside and see some nice shadows, don't let your mind fool you, those shadows have color!