Painting water is puzzling to many painters. I've often seen water that looks like it's concrete with straight hard edged stripes that are supposed to represent ripples. This is probably because photographs are being used. Water is soft and very rarely completely still. Also many times I see water scenes with ripples all the way out to the horizon. The ripples are all the same size and value. As with any perspective problem, ripples get smaller, cooler and lighter as they recede until they disappear altogether as they approach the horizon. Here's an example. (We'll talk about reflections tomorrow.)
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Study the edges of this painting and you'll see that that is where the break in the shape occurs.
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