How to Paint GLARE on Water: Easy Tips!

Is glare on water is a difficult thing to paint? In this video you will see the easy idea behind painting this light effect on water. First, you have to understand that glare is not a bright light. It's a bright spot in a dark area, so it's not that difficult to paint glare on water. Just paint the dark area in a cool dark color. Then add the bright area. Use white and yellow colors and mix them up to get the bright colors. This vide shows an example of this process.
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[@sueharper1976]

That’s another lovely video Malcolm thank you. You are very inspiring.

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure, thank you

[@vesnabreskvar9082]

Thank you Malcolm! It looks so easy when watching you😊 I will try

[@MalcolmDewey]

Have fun Vesna - thank you!

[@jansplanet]

Thank you for some basic good hints that help us on our journey. I will remember the uneven numbers principles 👍🏻

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure.

[@elsawessels3044]

This was o so good ,

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you!

[@natalykenny2069]

A Fantastic exercise! Thank you , Malcolm! It was very relaxing to watch, a nice little break during the struggle with the snowy forest scenes. 🤣❤🙏

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it Nataly 😀

[@susanw6203]

Thank you, Malcolm! I love these bonus videos that are always so helpful, plus wonderful paintings! 😍

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you, I'm happy to hear that

[@ilmasfutehally]

Thank you Malcolm! This is short and packed with goodies! I think its a bit more abstract than your usual paintings, and I am very happy with that!!!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@haidar537]

Thank you Malcolm always inspiring us 🙏🏻💐

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure! Thank you

[@megdillon8812]

Will try it by the beach. Great tip on knife

[@MalcolmDewey]

Enjoy it!

[@marinashaduri7836]

Thank you, Malcolm. The principle you shared with us is so useful! I think it would work well for the sky as well - can produce dramatic contrast between strong sunlight and dark clouds. I will try it for sure 🙂

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you, yes it is a versatile technique.

[@Eva-iy6vy]

Hello Malcolm, I am very greatful and excited every time I will watch a new video of your work.Always inspiring and helpful. Eva.

[@MalcolmDewey]

So glad to hear that, thank you!

[@kamleshsunak3176]

Thank you Malcolm for this informative short video. The principle sure is going to be helpful, not only in seascape but also in landscape paintings.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad it was helpful Kamlesh!

[@pennydefreyne]

👏thank you! 😎

[@arcuda2001]

thank you , malcolm !! nice tips to remember👍👍norakag

[@MalcolmDewey]

My pleasure!

[@davidsim6906]

Excellent lightscape and seascape demo. Learned a lot. Thank you.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@janetgallagher7329]

Thanks, Malcolm. This will help with my snow shadows painting.

[@MalcolmDewey]

True! Thanks Janet

[@kmc5794]

Thanks :D

[@sophiereinecke8659]

Thanks Malcolm. Very useful techniques. Your videos are always inspiring and very useful and this one, again, a winner!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Many thanks Sophie!

[@alisonmike2912]

Hello there Malcolm. I've been trying to develop my more impressionistic style of painting with oils on canvas with varying degrees of success but what was holding me back I think was the worry of wasting expensive oil paints and canvases so at the weekend I went out and bought a load of good quality paper and some fairly inexpensive acrylics with a view to just being able to practice without the worry of messing up expensive materials. I've just finished my first attempt, for the first go it was fine , I still need to let go a bit more . I have only used oils up until now and I must say I was not really prepared for how quickly acrylics dry but seeing as I want to try to stop over blending and mixing colours and to paint more speedily this could be an advantage . I'm going to have another go tomorrow 😃

[@MalcolmDewey]

Very good. This is exactly how to study painting. Learn with good student paints, panels or paper. This provides freedom to create.

[@theponderingpilgrim4342]

An awesome demonstration Malcolm. The glare effect you obtained with it is brilliant. It actually looked quite tricky though, to get it to read correctly. Particularly, as you say if the attempt was in the hands of a beginner. Just a question though, you mentioned that one could try it early in the morning at the beach. Does the bright sunlight (in your experience) which may reflect off the painting surface in those conditions, make it harder to read the values correctly?

[@MalcolmDewey]

Yes it can be very difficult if you are blinded by the glare. You can try to position youself at an angle that reduces the glare. It is trial and error. Pre-mixing a few base colors in two or three values may help so that you are not misled too much.

[@theponderingpilgrim4342]

@@MalcolmDewey thanks Malcolm.

[@mariajoseromero4262]

Me encantaría que pusiera los subtítulos en español. Gracias

[@user-eq2cw2db7h]

🖌️👍🎨👍👍👍

[@user-eq2cw2db7h]

👍🎨🖌️ from Frances uk

[@vesnabreskvar9082]

here we can see how important the transition between the dark and the light parts is...

[@MalcolmDewey]

True!

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