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Perspective Drawing
Drawing reflections in perspective drawing
Reflections in perspective are drawn as shown in the images below.
A reflection of an item is produced when the incident rays strike a reflective surface and then reflect to the viewer's eye.
The reflection appears to be the same height as the original item, if the original item is vertical.
Therefore, reflections in perspective are drawn by measuring the height of an object above the reflecting surface, and then plotting a point an equivalent distance below the surface.
The basic technique is shown in the following animations.
The following animation shows how to draw an object reflecting off a pool or similar object.
The animation below shows you how a more difficult reflection is drawn. It involves using a combination of the techniques shown in the above two animations
Exercises
- Draw the reflection of the house in the pool.
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- Draw the reflection of the ducks in this photograph
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- Draw the reflection of the landscape onto the river (estimate base lines of each object.)
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- Draw the reflection of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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