Drawing Goblets

Brown paper, vine charcoal and white china markers were used today to create the “illusion” of glass.  They are called “china” markers because they are used to write on china dishes and glass… not because they come from China.   With the charcoal we sketched the basic shapes of a glass goblet by drawing a sphere for the bowl, a cylinder for the stem and a cone for the base.  We blended the charcoal by rubbing it with our fingers.  We studied the goblet to see how the light reflected off of the glass.  Depending on where you were sitting you could see the window, the door and the lights overhead reflected in the glass.  We used white china markers, also called grease pencils, to make the bright white marks.  The results are wonderful!