Uncorked – 8

I nestled into my bolster and adjusted my shorts to get a comfortable seat. My mind was tired yet focused as I looked at the clock. 11pm. A little late to start a painting… But I was all in. This needed to happen today.

My dad mentioned his love of reflections on glass and wondered if I’d ever painted a bottle or glass of wine; I hadn’t but luckily I had an unfinished open bottle that wasn’t getting much attention. Even if I don’t drink this wine, it will be appreciated for years to come now, immortalized in a painting.

My setup was on the floor again, kneeling and looking carefully through my viewfinder. This composition came together a little messily because my main light source was also my viewfinder mount which means the cast shadows are positioned unfortunately behind the bottle and glass.

Regardless of a sub-par composition, I really enjoyed painting the reflections and mixing these complex colors. SO much grey! It might seem like I would be using mostly red and green… But it was about 90% mixing greys for this little 6x6in daily painting.

In the future, I’m ready to move toward warmer backgrounds… Maybe I need to get a cream color for the backdrop! I’ll keep my eyes open at the thrift stores.