Transparent Stuff

Your assignment, should you wish to accept it: make a composition of 4 transparent objects and 1 opaque object for an ink wash. For one of the transparent objects, fill it with water and put something in the water. This message will self-destruct in--

Anyhow, this was one of my homework for intermediate drawing. For my "something in the water," I decided to put water in the glass cup and added a fish. However, I realized much too late that I had put the fish too close to the surface of the water. This made it a floating fish... and floating fish are dead fish... Other than that, my only issue with this ink wash is that my two transparent bottles became Siamese twins in the process. My other two objects are scotch tape and a small candle, if you can see them.

My teacher liked it anyhow.

Media: Coldpress watercolor paper, India ink, water, 1-inch wide paintbrush

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