Advancing with Watercolor Painting Reflections
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2024
- About the author
Gary Tucker is a watercolor artist/ instructor living in the Boston area. He offers online workshops , in person workshops, and a catalogue of watercolor videos on technique and design
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Description
Reflections are an interesting phenomena of nature that we are entranced by and struggle with when we try to recreate them. Some reflections are smooth and almost mirror like, others are broken and irregular. Some of what we “see” has to do with perspective in other words how close we are to the surface of the water but largely what we see depends upon the condition of the water surface. That is where our drill will focus on today.
The water surface
When the water surface is undisturbed and placid the reflection is usually mirror like and the reflection is complete. When the water surface is disturbed by waves the reflection too is distorted by the rippled surface. When a strong wind rushes across the surface the reflection is lost or broken. Then there can be objects floating on the surface and this can further distort the reflection. One thing that seems consistent is that the reflection moves in a vatical direction oriented to the viewer. This is a big difference if compared to shadows which move away from the light source.
So relaxing to watch you paint and listen to your voice. The experience is as beautiful as the painting.
I am pleased to hear that Teri - thank you
I have to thank you for the excellent commentary. I love the manner in which you critique your work and explain solutions. Your comments are every bit as helpful as watching you paint. Thanks for sharing what goes on in the mind of an artist. And I love the long format.
Thx Robert for taking the time to let me know your impressions. I am especially happy to hear that my commentary is helping.
Nice one Gary..Saludos!
I'm always learning new tips from you in my watercolor journey. I picked up painting again at an extremely difficult point in my life, about 5 years ago, and it has been very healing. I truly believe that expression through art can help tremendously in people recovering from trauma. Thank you once again, Gary. Love all of your work. You are truly an amazing artist/painter.
I use photography and painting for similar reasons; it can be very therapeutic. I wish you the best in your own recovery from your own difficult times.
Thank you for sharing your experience - I have encountered such experiences very often in my class - and it is true that working with our mind/ spirit - through our hands - to create ...is a way we can find light through the darkness
Thank you so much Gary. An amazing lesson. So inspiring and informative. So beautiful to watch and listen to your musings. I especially loved what you said about perseverance. So encouraging. As always, I can’t wait to watch this again and paint along and practice all the new content. 🙏🙏🎈
Thx Liana - I am glad it made sense … perseverance!!! 💪
Thank you very much Gary. I took away two lessons here; the bold approach to the dark reflections, which would have taken a lot of courage for me. Secondly, the interesting brush strokes, carefully placed, on the trees! VERY effective.
As for talent, it’s a taboo word for artists I’ve noticed. I agree in part about the importance of perseverance, and I’ve improved a lot, but there must also be vision, an inner eye that sees what is not there in reality. Creativity, in other words. If you don’t have that, you end up copying a reference photo. Anyway, I AM getting bolder with my first layers to compensate the fading. Thanks again.
A great summary of the lesson Barbara - glad it came through!
Amazing watching you create! It’s beautiful as always and your comments are invaluable!!
Thx Helen - Sometimes I feel I ramble - so I am happy when I hear that my comments make sense :)
Amazing work. Thank you Gary.
thank you Austin
Beautiful as always. Thanks for sharing your expertise Gary!! Your Gumroad Courses are the best value of any course on the market. I highly recommend them to anyone interested in learning from a Master!!!
thx Stephen - I am glad we met through painting together in those classes- I appreciate the endorsement
Wow! Thank you so much! I learned a lot. Will rewatch for sure! 👍🙏🏻🖌🥁
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Sir!
You are welcome!
Painted this one and finished it today.😀I wish i could share it here.
Bravo!
What kind of sable the brushes do you use? Thank you.
Hi Helen - I typically use squirrel for the mop brushes and sabelette instead of sables…Im hard on brushes :)