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In order to show a surface that reflects the most light In a painting what should the artist do?

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Make it the lightest of all the rest. Or if it's a dark painting, lit by candle light, then it would be the most normal colouring with a yellow-ish tint. 
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You should shade the object where the light does not hit it and make it the lightest where the light hits it
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