Capturing the Glowing Effect Back-light Figure Oil Painting Shadow Female Figure by Adam Clague

Capturing the Glowing Effect

🌇 Chase the last rays of light — make your figures glow. In this 3+ hour workshop, Adam Clague teaches you how to harness angled sunlight to wrap your subjects in luminous form.

You’ll learn how to:
✨ Blend yellows, midtones, and shadows to create believable glow
🎯 Use edge control and transitions to emphasize the illuminated figure
🖌️ Avoid over-working — preserve freshness while building form
🎨 Apply these techniques in both portrait and narrative contexts

Ideal for artists wanting to deepen their understanding of light, atmosphere, and color in figurative work. 🕒 Runtime: 3 hours
  • Adam Clague

    Instructor
  • Professional

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Meet your instructor

Adam Clague

Adam is an impressionist oil painter from Kansas City. He love s capturing the beauty of God's creation and sharing that beauty with my viewers. His paintings have been displayed in such venues as the Salmagundi Club in NYC and the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain. 

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