Pandanggo sa Ilaw reference images

Image parameters:
  • "In terms of the lighting, it should feel like the later dusk of a long summer day"
  • "candles that seem to be floating like fireflies"
  • "pops of color from the women's clothing"
  • "I prefer more of a cropped image because it conveys an intimacy and immersion, like I was just about to ask one of the girls to dance."
  • "...would like to depict only female dancers."
  • "three oil lamps which are called as the 'tinghoy'"
  • "other version of the dance is called the 'Oasiwas'"
  • "circling with the lighted lamps on the hands of the dancers"
  • "This unique dance from the province of Pangasinan is a colorful dance that requires the dancers to balance the oil lamps on their head while doing their circling in their hands the lighted lamps that are wrapped in the porous cloth or wrapped in the fishnets. "
  • "In Oriental Mindoro, this festival with the dance at the center of it all is called the 'Pandang Gitab' or the 'Festival of Lights'."
  • "The costumes that are used by the dancers of this festival may vary and some of the dresses are plain and some are flashy too.The dresses may also feature floral prints and mostly these dresses are done in orange hues."
  • "In terms of clothing, a fisherman's village version of the mestiza dress would be ideal.  Nothing too ornate or made of too fancy material. May be a working woman's version, if you will.  As you mentioned, colors are a must."
My study of candle light and color palette, oil on wood panel, 18 x 24 inches:


Gerhartz regarding ambient light and time of day:

Renoir solving the problems of dancing figures in perspective space

Sargent
Figures in perspective, a space and daylight ambiance

Interior fun for a painter: the challenge of depicting light and  wooden figurines on interior walls:

Depicting a space convincingly: 

A hierarchy of detail from candle light (most detailed) to darkness (less detailed)

The warmth and intimacy of candles, in this instance in shades of red:

Arthur Melville
Color palette:



One of Hopper's sketches  for "Night Hawks" compared to the finished painting:


Two of Sargent's studies for "El Jaleo" compared to the final painting:








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