Backlighting can produce strong design effects because it produces big value shapes of the sides of things away from the sun. In this case I have not used full, direct backlighting, where the sun is shining directly at the viewer. The sun, here, is actually just out of the picture and to the left, but since the sun is still in front of us, the effect of strong dark value shapes is still in play. With this type of lighting situation, the painter can arrange those dark shapes to the hearts desire to achieve a striking composition. If you want to experiment with this, remember to be conscious of the angle of the sun coming into the picture, in order to keep the effect consistent, and avoid confusion.
SUNRISE OVER THE RIDGE
©Jimmy Longacre 2017
16X20 oil on canvas panel
Jimmy Longacre
subjective realist landscape paintings
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