For anyone who has ever drawn more seriously, ‘deep shadow’ or ‘the depth of a shadow’ will not sound strange. Especially when you want to highlight your subject by drawing from observation, it helps enormously to regularly, or sometimes even just, focus on the shadow. This often gives the depicted object an effective boost. What if the depth of the shadow is taken literally? And what does that do visually? ‘Out of the shadows’ a playful exploration.