Glass has always fascinated me,
I have collected unusual pieces,
I had a painted glassware business for 15 years,
and now I am determined to learn to capture
the magic of glass with watercolor
Let’s paint this pretty perfume bottle today
The reference photo is from Unsplash,
a free photo reference library
I started with a pencil sketch
which involved a lot of erasing until it felt right!
Once I have the sketch done,
I try to erase it to the point where I can still see the lines for reference
but they won’t show in the finished painting
First a light color wash
Then several shades of Quinacridone Gold for the gold bands,
leaving some paper showing for highlights
Next I added the dark linear areas
Deeper shadows
I added shadows to the crystal topper and the top part of the bottle
with light shades of sepia and Quinacridone Gold
and added more mid tone shadows
to the bottle and cast shadow
To finish I added faint blue reflective lines to the crystal topper
Quinacridone Gold lines indicate the name on the label
“Perfume” 5″ x 7″ watercolor on 140 lb. cold pressed paper
The secret to painting glass is to really study it,
investigate what you actually see,
not what you think you see…
glass has many layers of reflected colors and shapes
As you can see in the photo above of cola pouring over ice,
the glass and ice cubes pick up multiple reflections
of the bottle and the liquid
The surrounding elements also influence the colors and reflections
like these glass balls below
Try your hand at painting something glass,
it is a lot of fun!
Be Fearless!
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