Still Life with Glass
A few years ago I was asked to do a slide presentation of my art for a women’s group. One picture showed a painting of paint brushes in a mason jar. A woman in the group asked me where I got “that glass colored paint?” I had a hard time explaining that there isn’t a “glass colored paint.”
This still life is from my demo at my class tonight. People tend to be overwhelmed when it comes to painting metal or glass. I try to explain my method — don’t think of it as glass. Look for shapes and colors. Draw the shapes you see in the glass, then paint them the color you see. They come together like a jigsaw puzzle and become glass. I might mention that I do hardly any blending, but put down colors and leave them how I see them.
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Comments on Still Life with Glass
I love how two of the glasses look to have amber tones and the rest have a cool blue tint. I think that painting glass sounds like one of the hardest things you could do, but your explanation definitely simplifies it.
Your glass looks beautiful. It is fun to try and paint glass. You are a great teacher.
Wow! This looks really great! I really love the colors in your glass.
I am always amazed by how you paint glass. I used to be mystified by how you could paint something that was clear and make it look like an actual 3D object, but you have done a good job of explaining it.
I am amazed that colors and shapes can combine to make reflected glass. Awesome!!