Well I completed this after finally deciding with the idea I had in my head and as you can see, the idea was for the glass to actually become the water.

I quite like the end result and it now has a kind of surrealism to it. Is it a glass, isn't it a glass etc. I'm glad i tried something different and stayed away from the bog standard "water pouring into a glass" routine.

I will definitely do more water drawings as I feel they have such a great feel of movement and motion from how water reflects light to how shadows are created. Also, drawing water allows for quite a lot of artistic license because if I want to add bubbles, I'll add bubbles, if I want to add some shadow, I'll add shadow etc, etc, etc,.

This was seriously frustrating and I got so fed up trying to create ripples just from my own head and imagination that I ended up rushing this part which is why it just doesn't look as clean and perfect as I would like it to have been.

Never mind, we live and learn.

I went slightly too dark on some parts of the ripples but decided to leave it as it is before I completely ruined it. I do tend to overwork areas when drawing which often leads to drawings that don't live up to my own expectations.

A4 Bristol Smooth Board
2B - 8B Woodless Graphite Pencils
Putty Eraser & Electric Eraser
Reference photo for the glass part and pouring water
Imagination for the ripples

As always, critique, comments, help and advice are always welcomed but do bear in mind that I want it to be constructive.

Also, bear in mind that this is a scan and so it does look a little grainier than the actual original drawing.

Edit:- Added a border/frame in photoshop and created a horizon effect by erasing some of the smudgier pencil blends.

Also changed the watermark slightly.