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Using Light to Create Mood

💡 Shape the mood of your painting before you ever touch the canvas. In this 3+ hour course, David Dibble reveals how Photoshop can help you transform lighting, atmosphere, and time of day—unlocking a level of creative control that saves you hours of repainting and frustration.

You’ll learn how to:

🌤️ Adjust natural lighting conditions on your reference in minutes, not hours
🎨 Shift mood, tone, and atmosphere to match the story you want to tell
🔦 Change light direction and intensity to strengthen your focal point and composition
🧠 Understand the core behaviors of light and apply them with confidence in your traditional or digital work


David shares his long-held insights into how lighting truly works, demonstrating how small digital adjustments can lead to massive breakthroughs in your studio practice. If you’re ready to paint with intention, eliminate guesswork, and explore possibilities before committing to the canvas, this course is a game-changer. 🕒 Runtime: 3+ hours

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David Dibble

Digital painting and its associated tools have been an artistic game-changer for award-winning artist David Dibble.  He improved his digital painting skills over years of experience in the animation industry, working on demanding projects such as Rio, Ice Age 4, Peanuts, and Ferdinand, followed by years teaching in academia. Now a successful gallery painter and concept designer, he has learned to harness the power of digital tools in a traditional workflow, particularly in the compositional and thematic development of large-scale canvases.

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