Seeking to repurpose a used wine bottle and reapply the skills she learned in college, Monica Ewing sought to recreate a classic impressionist painting on her unlikely surface. “It was the perfect assignment for a novice painter such as me. On a wine bottle, you can’t see the entire painting at once, so mistakes in proportion, etc. are obscured. Here, I copied one of my favorite Vincent van Gogh works: Wheat Field with Cypresses.” Use the tools below to copy your own favorite piece, or adapt the techique for a cylindrical original.
Supplies
- empty wine bottle
- glass etching cream
- newspaper
- latex gloves
- latex primer or gesso
- acrylic paint (no need to spend a lot on paint. You can mix any shade with these five Liquitex colors: cadmium red medium, cadmium yellow medium, cerulean blue, titanium white, and ivory black)
- artist’s palette or paper plate
- clear lacquer
- cork (this wood-topped cork was given to me. Similar ones are sold here)
Tools
- foam paint brush
- various paint brushes
- palette knife
- painting you want to copy (optional)
