Painting Blue Glass in Aquarelle

The South of France, where we paint and have a good time, is at it's best at the moment. It is warm but not crazy hot yet. And we experimented last week with Arabic Gum and Ox Gall, so we now know that by adding a tiny bit of Gum Arabic to the wet paint in your palette, with a small brush for example,the paint will not dry so fast. And we used that knowledge while painting the subject, Blue Glass. Great stuff.

Corinne did an amazing job on the logo on this glass, she is so talented! Yet I prefer the weird little random lines on the bottom (they are there on the actuals glass). It looks condensed and extra chilly because of the warm background.

 
On different travels, Glen hadn't painted for two months but she hasn't forgotten how it is done! Look at that gorgeous dark blue glass, so well understood and executed. 

 
Above a still life that I set up just in case, from my own well used kitchen glasses and Martin took the challenge. He did them more than justice, and now it's my famous glass! Then there was still time to paint a  delicate bottle - that he liked better (but I don't 😀) 

 
Roxane went graphic vs realistic with this blue glass still life with bright red background. It may be WIP, as we were all interested and gave input and couldn't decide if it would be better if the red would come through the transparent bottle and maybe the green should be done in a similar way. What do you think? To be continued...

Our artist Denise was not delighted with her 3 WIPs but we were! Man, I am seriously enthusiastic now that I see them back. No idea how they will be finished, but no doubt original and interesting! 

Don't stop Denise...

Awesome blue delicate glass in the making, also by Denise

In the meantime...

Laura worked on her magazine-clipping-painting and al-most made the clipping disappear. Original stuff, We look forward to seeing the next stage! She finished her cool Greek tiny Island with house and reflection. I want to live there!

Glen started with these pods and will finish them next session. The background will be dark and flowy, a nice challenge.

After her chilled glass, Corinne still had time to paint a loose version of some pine cones. It is so well done, and the best part is (as always) the light, the unpainted parts.

Celina, at the moment our correspondent in Sweden, painted this fantastic, playful tin of sardines. I love it and may someday steal the idea to see what the French Aquarellistas make of it!

this is a magazine clipping, and a painting, hard to see where one ends and the other begins. Fantastic, clever work by Brenda

Sue had 2 projects going on, the magazine cutting, which looks very good - she will do something with the letters next week! And the romantic English Village House with wisteria, is also ready to be finished next week!