There are many directions of lighting that can be used in an artwork. For example, front, back, above, and side lighting. Back lighting happens when the light source is behind the subject. When the light is right in front of the subject. Light from above is mostly when the sun is your light source. Side light is light coming from the left or right of the subject. Side lighting was used by the "masters" of painting The artist of this piece is Pieter de Hooch. Hooch was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. What I first notice in this piece is the darkness of the image but then I noticed the little ray of light sneaking in through from the window. In this piece seven tones are visible
