![]() It depends on the thickness and convexity of the glass for sure. I also have had opportunities to paint people with glasses on:Īnd I have enjoyed the shifts that happen due to reflection and refraction. I do wear glasses – often when I am painting or drawing ( please note, anti-glare, high-quality lenses reflecting!) : ![]() John Singer Sargeant made deliberate, flattering distortions to his subjects are lens reflections, which may or may not actually be there, significant to the portrait of this young lady? I say, No. That would appear as a strange distortion in the painting, so it’s just not done.Įvery painting is a combination of careful observation and delightful creativity in portraits, the combination of these factors must be weighed most critically. If one were to paint the subject wearing glasses realistically, the subject’s eyes would be enlarged or diminished in size by the optical effect of the lenses through which we view the subject eye’s. It is entirely possible that a person wearing modern glasses won’t exhibit lens reflection at all.Īs far as being a stickler for realism goes, we can be mindful of the fact that a portrait shows the subject in the best possible light it does not reproduce every large pore, pimple, freckle, and crooked tooth with heartless realism (unless the painter is Ivan Albright). ![]() If you don’t wear glasses, you may not be aware that today, lenses are made with anti-reflective coatings. ![]()
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