Article · Painting With Acrylics 101
Understanding Reflections in Water
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2022
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.
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