Oil Lamp Trio - A Work in Progress

Today was the first session in the New Year with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group.

Last year we spoke about having a small still life display set up on the first session of each month for those that were interested in working from life.

To start the year off with a challenge I brought in glass objects which are always interesting as well as challenging.















Three of the group decided to take up the challenge. Next month another person will bring in the still life treasures.

I managed to complete the outline drawing for two of the glass oil lamps and made some progress on the third one.

I will post this piece at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Oil Lamp 1 and 2

Today I was at the Still Life class at KAGS and the theme was Lamps and Clocks.

There were a wide variety of clocks and lamps, everything from pocket watches to ornate mantle clocks, as well as a candelabra, silver candlesticks, oil lamps and lanterns.

There were two different glass oil lamps with various herbs, flowers and leaves in the oil with the wick winding its way through them. I decided to do a drawing of each of both.

Oil Lamp 1

The first one was shorter than the other, with flat sides and triangular in shape.

Its base was of thick glass which showed the lovely pale blue green colour of the glass as the light passed through.

The second one was much taller with the glass slightly curved on one of its three sides.

It had twine wound around the top of the neck of the glass and a green ribbon tied in a bow at the base of the twine.

Oil Lamp 1

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