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

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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.

Kenn discusses the techniques and elements used to create the illusion of depth in water scenes. He shows how he uses various elements both above and below the water's surface to achieve this effect. Kenn discusses the importance of color transitions, texture, reflections, ripples, and shadows in creating a sense of depth. Read now -->

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.

How To Paint Reflections in Water Reflections are beautiful but they can be tricky for the beginner to paint effectively. It requires the artist to really look at the reflections they are painting. I’m including some photos from a recent trip to Florida that has some beautiful reflections. I’ll point out some things the beginning […]

Step-by-step for my painting - Two lads. Step 1 - A loose but accurate pencil drawing. Step 2 - I soaked the paper, waited a few minutes and the floated in approximate colors, letting them merge on the paper. Step 3 - Another wash adding more pigment to the washes. Step 4 - I continued to add more color and depth to the painting, I also lifted and softened a few edges. Step 5 - A final wash giving more depth and detail to the painting. A one hour demo for 'Couple walking in the sun,' it…