Glass Vase and Candle

4″x5″ Oil paint on canvas board

4″x5″ oil paint on canvas
Four sittings
Reference is one of my own photos

For the final layer, I added some touches of pure white to the light reflections in the vase.

A look back at the steps leading up to the finished painting:

Glass Vase and Candle – WIP2
4″x5″ oil paint on canvas
Three sittings
Reference is one of my own photos

In this layer I added brighter candle reflections in a very pale yellow.

Glass Vase and Candle – WIP1
4″x5″ oil paint on canvas
Two sittings
Reference is one of my own photos

Base layer is thinly applied alizarin crimson.

The second layer started with a very thin application of black paint over the entire canvas. It then took a pale beige paint and defined the outline of the vase. Additional beige and white paint was added in places to create the base layer of lighting.

Project: Glass Vase and Candle