Jar of Dreams

Day 5. A quaint still life. I thought the jar would be the big challenge, but it seems that the lemon has won again. Maybe I was tired of painting by the time I got to it but I'm in need of more lemon tutorials.

5x7 Acrylic on Canvas Board

I made the greenish blue of the glass from Cobalt Blue and a bit of Cadmium Yellow Light. It took several tries with different combinations of Aquamarine, Cerulean and Cad Yellow Medium. I could not for the world of me tell of the jar in the photo was a warm or cool colour. I have trouble differentiating some blues and greens. So I experimented until I got something that looked to me like the reference photo.

The lemon. My nemesis. I want to make more than lemonade. I will keep trying. Any advice is appreciated.

Valuable Lessons Learned Today:

• When painting glass objects, paint the background, then draw the object. Don't draw the object, paint the background over it, then redraw the object. 
• Include enough of the background colour in your glass objects to show that they are transparent. I had to add more at the end and it really helped.
• Lemons are hard. At least for me. Oh right, I said that three days ago.