There is something you need to know about me. I love painting glass. I don’t know exactly why, but I’m sure it’s something about the odd abstractions it creates or the challenge of making it look transparent. Metal is fun for some of the same reasons. Glass usually has the added challenge of ellipses too. I’m not particularly fond of trying to create them but I think I did well enough capturing the ellipses in this painting.A year ago my great-aunt passed away. She was a very sweet woman with a love of cooking. She had an enormous amount of gorgeous vintage and antique glassware, china, and dishes that I wish I could have taken home with me, but there is really only so much you can fit in a 1000 square foot house. I had to choose wisely. For the most part I only chose items that I could use and not just display. However, I did get a few things that are more decorative for the sake of painting props.   This lovely amber goblet is something I had my eye on for months and finally, after it had been passed up in the last estate sale, I decided it was meant to be. I hesitated on this one because there was only one and it didn’t necessarily “go” with anything else in my house. So it’s purely a painting prop. I don’t know if it’s vintage or not, but it’s quirky and has a lot going for it in terms of shape and color. I completely neglected to take any progress pictures of this painting. I was so distracted with trying to get a decent video of the progress that I forgot to take pictures. Oh well. At least the video is somewhat better than the last one and I didn’t knock over the tripod into my palette this time so… I’m calling it a win. I shot it in portrait which I thought would be good because you can see my palette, but you can’t tell which colors I’m mixing anyway so I’ll probably stick to landscape next time.  

 

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