Vermirror Pro™ Comparator Mirror

The Vermirror has been great fun to use, and I am glad that I bought it. I learned quickly how to use the Vermirror to vastly improve my pencil drawings. If I did not know that I produced these drawings, then I would not have believed it. I am looking forward to drawing more of these little “Vermiracles”.

I’m so happy someone has taken the premise and developed a devise similar to the one used in the documentary "Tim’s Vermeer”. So far I haven’t had much of an opportunity to use the device as I would've liked before posting a review (more on that later*), but did experiment with it and can tell it'll work as advertised. What impressed me the most are the instructions for setting it up and an adjustable armature for moving the mirror up and down. Very easy set up and I was using it within minutes of unpacking.

As suggested in a few online forms a first surface mirror makes this an even more useful device, especially for those among us who are picky about the mirror and painted canvas merging uninterrupted. *As noted above I haven’t used the device as much as I’d like to but am receiving a first surface mirror from Ryan. I look forward to using it more once it has arrived.

I’ll add, the set up is completely usable as it comes and is a great value in terms of cost and a fantastic device to have in your studio. Some don’t have trouble with the included mirror and some, like me, are just picky and nerdy..lol.

I'm not an artists by any means but I ran across Tim's Vermeer on YouTube and was fascinated. I did a little research and found the Vermirror and decided to give it a go. I've only had it for a couple of weeks but the results are simply amazing. I can't say it's easy because like all new skills it takes a bit of effort to learn, but I can honestly say that anyone with average ability should be able to create work that they will be proud of and will probably exceed their expectations. If you have an interest in art I'd say give it a go. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. What have you got to lose?

I bought this for colour matching, not for drawing or painting, so that I stop using canvas strips that I cut up to match colours with.

So I received the Vermirror and have played with it only a few times, and I know there's a learning curve. Maybe my setup isn't the best but It's strange because the image when reflected in the mirror can really kind of "move" across the paper even when everything is stationary. I htink that technique is that you're supposed to look directly down into the mirror possibly and not at an angle, becuase you can make the image "slide" across the paper and thus the lines aren't straight. I have literally no training in drawing of any kind so I'm sure some of this is user error. From the looks of it it's well built and I don't doubt that it's the way Vermeer painted but the learning curve is still there. It's not something where you can just take it out of the box and then you draw/paint perfectly. I think I probably need a good 10 hours of practice and also making sure my setup is perfect before I turn out something actually worth showing anybody.

This is really just a review of my experience and not saying that there's probably a better version of this product out there. From my research these guys have nailed the product, just the learning curve is slightly harder/longer than I was expecting. I'm going to continue playing with it but one message that wasn't ever really conveyed even in the documentary is how easily you can make the image slide around the page by moving your head. Will take some getting used to.