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How To Paint Glass With Watercolors

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Shelby Abrahamsen (Foxsy)

Class Description:

Unlock the secrets to one of the most tricky subjects to capture in watercolor: glass. Glass objects present unique challenges with their transparency, reflections, and color distortions, making them captivating subjects for artists.

In this immersive session, you'll delve into the properties of glass and learn essential techniques to depict its unique charm. Through step-by-step demonstrations and hands-on exercises, you'll gain the skills to create lifelike glass paintings that capture light, dimension, and subtle color variations.

What You Will Learn:

  • Layering Techniques: Build up transparent layers to achieve dimensionality and realism in your glass paintings.
  • Hard vs Soft: Practice both hard painted edges and soft , blended washes 
  • Light and Reflection Capture: Techniques to accurately depict light displacement, reflections, and color distortion in glass.
  • Troubleshooting Common Issues: Strategies to maintain color clarity, avoid muddiness, and preserve transparency in your watercolor glass paintings.

Supplies You'll Need:

  • Watercolor Paints: A range of colors
  • Brushes: Both round and flat brushes for different detailing needs.
  • Watercolor Paper: Preferably 140 lb.
  • Palette: For mixing and blending colors.
  • Masking Fluid: Optional, to preserve white spaces and highlights.
  • Sketching Tools: Pencil and kneaded eraser for initial outlines.
  • Additional Tools: Water container and paper towels for brush cleaning and drying.

About Instructor

Shelby Abrahamsen (Foxsy)

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.

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Class Details:

  • 📊Level: Intermediate
  • ⏰Time: 1 Hour, 56 Minutes

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Lawanna Lawrence Bean
Posted 1 year ago
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I was late for class but really enjoyed Shelby's presentation of her technique of using watercolor for water in a glass.

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prpldy
Posted 1 year ago
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Great class again, needs part 2. Mine (painting) didn’t turn out great but the instruction was perfect. Happy to learn about how to paint glass. Great job, Shelby.

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LindaH
Posted 1 year ago
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Shelby's Details in this Class Today were Awesome She made Painting a Glass with Watercolours so Enjoyable also

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