My Glass Painting So Far

On the first day, I picked a few glass objects to arrange and paint. My goal was to improve my skills in making objects transparent and shiny. I figured out the hard way that any painting that involves glass or shiny metal should begin with the highlights and shadows. Once those are in place, the real painting begins. So far, I have struggled with my painting because I am still new at the whole "see-through" aspect to glass. I found myself thinking, "wouldn't it be easier to just paint the outline??!" but, no, that created one crappy painting. Over the remainder of the week, i focused on getting in more highlights and shadows, which so far have improved my painting.
Ms. Roberts refused to help me with my panting until I filled in the basic colors, which reminded me of the phrase "general to specific." I have found that phrase difficult to implant in my brain, because I would begin to focus on one object, instead of the entire display. But I have began to notice that it is in fact necessary to start "general", because it makes the it easier in the end, with less mistakes mistakes to correct.
I feel that I have a long way to go, but this painting is good practice to experiment about the necessary skills for painting glass. My painting so far has a little too much blue and green in it, because white is hard to see on white canvas! I have decided that once I get in all the background colors, and basic outlines and highlights and shadows, I will go back in with white to make the brightest highlights pop.
I will soon post pictures of my painting as a work in progress.