13 TOP TIPS FOR Painting Reflections

1 CHOOSE SUPPORTS CAREFULLY

Consider your support carefully before beginning. If you’re painting with oils or acrylics and want a smoother finish, try using a prepared wooden panel or a fine cotton or even linen canvas.

With watercolour, the texture of your paper can have a huge bearing on how the paint behaves too. A rough paper can be useful for showing the sparkling highlights of light on water as the paint fails to settle in some of the dinks in the surface, while hot-pressed paper is very smooth, allowing for wet-in-wet washes that could suggest softer reflections. A cold-pressed (or NOT) paper is a good mid-point between the two.

2 STUDY THE OPACITY EXPERT TIP

– “Whatever the subject matter, choosing the right paint