EDM2015 - something with a handle

This item is pretty much somewhere within my vicinity at all times so it was not a hard choice for today's prompt. However, it's been ages since I painted glass and I soon remembered why LOL.

At first I thought I'd do the whole thing in watercolour pencil but given the tooth of the paper, I wasn't happy with that so I decided to wet it and see what happened. Well we were off to the races then as I was chasing colour all over, trying to maintain the subtle shading of areas on the handle and heavy bottom.

Minimizing brushstrokes in the coffee also proved a challenge - and that blue-grey, which appears such an innocuous hue in dry pencil, certainly got bluer than intended on the handle.

Once I was able to step away from it and let it dry, I'm actually quite pleased with those two parts and would like to beef up the top half of the glass but it already feels overworked to me so best leave it to fresh eyes tomorrow.

ETA 30/5 - glad I painted this because a little furry someone with wandering paws decided to give it a push and see what happened. I really liked this mug - great size, good balance in my hand. It will be hard to replace.