Article · Lori McNee Fine Art & Tips
Tips for Painting Water and Reflections
By Lori McNee
- Type
- Article
- Level
- All levels
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2010
About this lesson
A working landscape painter's rules for water: why reflected lights read darker and reflected darks lighter, brushwork for shallow versus deep water, how rivers, lakes, oceans and puddles differ, and warming highlights instead of using pure white.
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