36 Artists Magazine May 2019
Build LESSON
Painting Water
Reflections
GUIDELINES
JOHANNES VLOOTHUIS divulges some of his most valuable
secrets in this lesson on painting water refl ections.I painted the green water in Ready for the Next Trip (oil on canvas, 12x16) to look fairly monochromatic. While the paint
was still wet, I added refl ections with short horizontal strokes to ensure the edges were blurred and the colors were muted.