In Understanding Mood: Lighting, MTG artist Clint Cearley tackles that topic by examining the most important visual aspects that define mood in our art. We start with the aspect of Lighting here in chapter 1 where we cover 3 key principles about lighting to remember, show 4 before-and-after paintovers exampling the principles being applied, and profile the lighting qualities of 12 of the most common moods.

How do you create real mood in your artwork? In Understanding Mood: Colors, MTG artist Clint Cearley tackles that topic by examining the visual aspects that define mood in our art. Following chapter 1 where we covered Lighting we now go over Colors! Topics include,

We'll discuss how to arrange elements in your scene, strengths and weaknesses of common compositional guides, how camera placement and orientation affect the way the scene is perceived and how to draw attention to (or away) from focal points. This information is the best Composition 101 advice I know collected into one quick resource. Differentiating it from other guides is how the information is considered through the lens of how you can affect mood and energy with composition. This more applicable approach can make compositional choices much easier since the desired mood practically tells you what the best options are! The accompanying PDF has 20pgs of easy-to-follow homework exercises to sharpen your skills.