Using the sun to emit realistic lighting

The first method we’ll be using to add lighting to our scene is to create a sun light source. So, let’s add it using the following steps:

1. In our 3D Viewport, press Shift + A.
2. Go to the Light tab and choose Sun:

Figure 5.2 – Adding a sunlight to the scene

Note

Make sure you’re on the Cycles rendering engine, although this lighting method works well on both engines, Eevee and Cycle.

3. Now, let’s go ahead and switch the shading mode to Rendered in order to see how the lighting looks:

Figure 5.3 – Switching to Rendered view

4. The lighting currently looks dark and creepy so the first setting we need to adjust is the sun light’s strength.
5. While selecting the sun object, jump into the Object Data Properties pane represented by the light bulb icon and find Strength value set to 1 by default. Increase it by...