Painting Glass in Oil

This demo is aimed at novice painters or anybody who want to review the basics.

The first rule of thumb in painting is learning how to observe your subject. This video focuses on how to paint glass on a white background using a simple palette of complementary colours.

Concepts covered in this video are:

• How to draw the subject.
• How to paint white using warm or cool tones.
• What to look for: the characteristics of glass.
• How to mix chromatic greys using a complementary palette.
• How to progressively add colour.

Here are three images that break down the process: Initial drawing, colour block-in, detailing of final painting