Reflections in Acrylic: Depicting Light on Water (DVD + Streaming)

Discover how to paint reflections on water alongside professional artist and instructor Peter John Reid. Start by practicing a wet-in-wet blending technique you’ll use throughout class as you paint a dynamic sky and its reflection on water. Next explore how to paint reflections on rippling water for a dramatic result. Take your skills further as you see how to modify your painted reflections depending on the depth of the water. Then get step-by-step guidance for using rounded, elongated brush strokes to recreate the appearance of choppy water and the subtle color shifts it produces. Plus, you’ll even see how glazing techniques can help you finish your painting with smooth color transitions, an enhanced sense of depth and more.

NOTE: If you’d like to purchase only the DVD for this class, you may do so through this link. (Please note, any class PDF materials are not on the DVD itself. You must have streaming access to download those materials associated with the class.)

Seeing Reflections (23:36)
Meet your instructor, Peter John Reid, before you learn to simplify reflections by looking at the lines, shapes and colors that produce them. Next, Peter will help you paint a dynamic sky with a wet-in-wet blending technique and a dry brush.

Broken Reflections (34:01)
Use the same wet-in-wet blending technique from Lesson 1 to paint water with a reflection of the sky. You’ll also see how to use simple tools for painting straight lines as you capture reflections of a shoreline.

Painting Ripples (21:27)
Learn how ripples affect reflections, and how to paint ripples for realistic results. Then, Peter will explain how the surface of the water looks different depending on its distance from the horizon line.

Painting Depth (20:45)
Start on a new water scene as you find out how water depth influences color choice and your approach to painting reflections. You’ll create a base for the water in your painting using your wet-in-wet technique, and find out how to troubleshoot if you don’t work quickly enough. After that, Peter will give you tips for painting the shoreline and land features.

Choppy Water (21:57)
Learn to recreate choppy water as you add ripples to your painted scene. Along the way, you’ll see how to achieve the look of movement in surface water using rounded, elongated brush strokes. You’ll also discover how to capture the subtle color shifts that occur in choppy water.

Glazing (22:22)
Apply glazing techniques to achieve a variety of dramatic effects. From creating smooth transitions to an enhanced sense of depth and more, Peter’s glazing advice will help you finish your water reflection beautifully.

Peter John Reid

Peter John Reid is the author of How to Paint with Acrylics. He’s a graduate of the Ontario College of Art, now OCAD University, and his paintings can be found in galleries throughout Ontario. Reid also started the painting group Studio Twenty, which has raised thousands of dollars for local charities through donated paintings. He lives on an idyllic wooded property with his partner, visual artist and writer Bonnie Gardiner. The art on their walls is forever changing.

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