Glass Study

So far in oil painting, I have began a study on glass, and transparent items. I wish to master the techniques of using highlights and shadows to create an object that is see-through, or glass. so far I am having trouble with making the highlightes bright enough, and some of the glass bottles in my painting still look like you cant see through them. Two of the artists that I am currently researching are Richard Estes and Janet Fish. Richard has often used shiny objects, or glass in his paintings, for example one of them is a line of telephone booths, with shiny metal material and glass. Janet Fish has uses similar themes in her paintings. using wine bottles, candy wrappers, plastic bags, and other reletively see-through or glass objects. These artists are good studies and role models for me as a painter, because I have always stuggled with making glass look like glass. By studying there work I find that if you start with the highlights and shadows in the glass objects, the rest of the painting is much easier than just focusing on the glass itself. Richard Estes

Janet Fish