Compare & Reflect

Compare & Reflect allows you to view your painting alongside the original reference image and explore how they differ. The goal is not correction or judgement, but understanding.

By comparing the two images, the tool helps highlight differences in values, saturation, colour temperature, focal point, and edges. These are areas that often shift unintentionally during the painting process.

Seeing these differences clearly can reveal why a painting may feel flatter, busier, softer, or more dramatic than intended — without labelling those outcomes as right or wrong.

The tool supports reflection after a study, workshop exercise, or finished painting, helping artists connect what they intended with what actually happened on the surface.

Used regularly, Compare & Reflect builds awareness and confidence, turning each painting into a learning opportunity rather than a verdict.