Bottle Painting Still Life :: Olive Oil

I remember my first time painting a glass bottle with the seemingly impossible task of depicting the transparency and the endless shapes of reflections and inclusions. "Bottle Painting is overwhelming" was a common thought in the process. However, while working on that piece I realized that this complex object is nothing more than just an array of simple shapes in various colours and values. Next thing you know, you step back and realize you're done and think to yourself, "Wow, did I just paint that?". [...]