Egg 5
5"x7"
Oil on Board
I received a message from Tan yesterday asking how to draw transparent objects, which I'm delighted to answer ....The trick is to not draw what you know but draw what you see. When drawing/painting realism you are attempting to recreate the three dimensional into two dimensions, and in time rendering it to appear to be three dimensional. The only way to do this is to break your reference down into shapes, like flat cutout shapes and draw/paint them on your surface next to each other. Ideally start with all shapes that are in the middle range of tone, then the dark, the lights, and lastly the very brightest highlights. For drawing use a putty rubber to pull out the highlights....with painting use the cleanest of whites. Difficult to explain without the assistance of a demonstration, but hopefully this simplifies a bit. I use a number of books in my classes...I'll have a closer look and see which ones may teach drawing transparent objects...alternatively just page through any how to draw books...there are many out there. Hope this helps Tan...let me know if you have any other questions. Perhaps this calls for a blog demonstration!
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