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Understanding Reflections in Water

By Sharon Graves

Type
Article
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
Published
2022
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About this lesson

A beginner lesson on observing reflections before painting them: what shows up in a reflection, how its colour and value shift, and the difference between mirror-like still water and broken, distorted reflections in moving water, illustrated with a diagram and field photos.