How to paint water reflection

Elevate your watercolor skills as you learn to depict the serene beauty of reflections, adding depth and realism to your aquatic scenes.

Hello, how are you today? Welcome to our blog About Painting and…

Inspired by Virginia Woolf's words in the title, this painting is a contemplation on compassion. Image is of a hand delicately touching water. A painterly reflection of the hand is portrayed in the water's ripples.

By it's very nature, water is always changing its appearance. In this post, I'm going to look at various examples of water in typical natural states in the landscape and offer some practical approaches on how to paint water in watercolor.

Always wanted to learn how to paint water realistically? My unique process teaches you how to paint water, and see water in a whole new way.

This blog along with the previous 4, and the next 22 are designed specifically for the Plein Air Adventure class to go along with the demonstrations I do before each class. The info works just as well for studio paintings. First, study the scene. I usually do a quick value sketch of the scene as a way to study it. What I'm looking for is the edge where the darkest dark meets the lightest light-otherwise known as the focal point. Here' the waterline is the darkest dark with tree trunks on the…