Amber Globes 3 (work in progress)

This afternoon I had the luxury of five hours of painting time and have been working on the glass facets. I believe you can now see the light pathway that hits the glass and bends through the facets. I've added the darker shapes toward the left and will put more layers of shadows in the globes themselves to create depth and translucency. I am pushing past the "ugly stage" all paintings take on and am looking forward to this in its completion. The painting is 20"x28" and on 260 lb. Arches Cold Pressed archival watercolor paper. The pigments are Daniel Smith and Winsor Newton brands.