Brian Towers

Upon reflection! by Brian Towers

Posted on September 22, 2007

A little observation I made a long time still hasn’t sunk in. When painting reflections on wet surfaces they should be perpendicular – in a vertical line – to the figure or object being reflected.

I found that I tended to make them slant to the left so often and realised it was because I am right-handed and my viewpoint is from the left. I’m still doing it, as can be seen in Summer at Tynemouth. You’d think I’d have learned by now to stand back during rather than after painting.

Where’s my T-square?

  • BLYTHART

    BLYTHART

    Painting while you are drinking beer tends to produce this result also.

  • Tom Godfrey

    Tom Godfrey

    even more beer and you end up with horizontals and no verticals at all. :)

  • AlienVisitor

    AlienVisitor

    And if its Guinness your work becomes futuristic.

    Zorind.

  • SHEDART

    SHEDART

    half way through try left handed and it should come back but i’m not saying what!!!!!!!!!!

  • Brian Towers:

    Straight up Jim?

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