Tea Store — Learning Light and Color with a Simple Subject

In this tutorial, I use a simple subject—a teapot—to explain how I approach light and color without the complexity of a detailed scene.

I talk through my decisions as I work, focusing on how light direction, value structure, and color relationships define form and mood, and how simplifying the subject helps clarify lighting fundamentals.

This is a full, uninterrupted painting process with voice-over, including adjustments and course corrections along the way.

Includes

• Full process video with voice-over
• Layered PSD file
• Custom brushes used in the painting