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Reference Photographs: Winfield Bridge

A collection of landscape photos for artists to use as reference in paintings

• This photo is the subject for the Painting Photos Challenge #5.
Bridge reference photo

Winfield Bridge over the Kanawha River at sunset.

Photo © Susan Tschantz
The colors in the clouds are reflected in the water, giving a unity to the composition across the strong lines of the silhouetted bridge. Paint the clouds and water with different textures -- the clouds smoother, the water rippled. Notice how the dark reflection of the bridge and bank is broken up by the ripples in the water.

Think about whether you're going to include the silhouetted shrubbery in the foreground or not. Whether you should crop off a bit of the right-hand side of the far bank so the bridge fills more of the width.

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