bedroom wall light design

my name is brent shelly with expert villageand we are talking about lighting design today. when lighting wall art, the best source touse is a mr16. there are twenty different beam spreads and wattages that you can choosefrom using the mr16. it is also a very small lamp two inches in diameter so the whole ceilingis going to be very small. you can find track fixtures using the mr16 or adjustable recesscans that use the mr16. when lighting wall art assuming that the wall art is at eye levelwhich is typically five foot three to five foot five. what you want to do and i get thisquestion all the time is how far out does my light need to be in the ceiling to lightthis art. the magic is to have it a thirty degree angle. this does two things. numberone it reflects the light away from the eyes

of the person trying to view the art. numbertwo it creates the right pattern of light on your artwork so that you don't get a cigarshaped pattern of light. you don't get a wash down the wall but you get a spot on that artand it really pops out.