
No matter which way you turn your head, reflections come toward you.
WATER GRASS REFLECTION PAINTING FULL
On a panorama where I rotated to get over 180 degrees (check out the railing on either side for the total angle), you can really see the full effect. They always come directly towards you, the artist painting those reflections and the viewer looking at your paintings. Reflections don't skew with the sun like shadows. Reflections come directly toward the viewer. A dull, imperfect mirror, but still a simple mirror.ġ. That's all it is before we start adding ripples. When I look at a gorgeous lake scene, I don't think about Physics 101, but all the rules of painting reflections are basic physics. Painting reflections well is the quickest way to improve your water paintings and is easier than you think! Portofino Boats, the final painting tutorial in the Reflections series. Southwest Harbor Dinghies, the first painting tutorial in the Reflections series. Your water paintings will be amazing at the end of this series! And in the final painting tutorial we'll be balancing waves, boat reflections and translucent water. The next painting tutorial will add some ripples. We'll start with an easy painting with mirrored dinghies. This 4 part reflections series guides you through the basics in this lesson on reflections, then progressively steps up the level of difficulty with 3 tutorials centered around water reflections. I want to make sure that never happens to you! It was so disappointing to see when just understanding a little bit more about reflections would have resulted in painting their masterpieces. I can't tell you how many students I've had who have confused reflection and shadow behavior and ruined their paintings.

Painting reflections in watercolor is easy.
