How to Draw a Wine Bottle in Photoshop

Learn how to draw this realistic wine bottle from scratch using Photoshop. This extensive drawing tutorial will show you how to create the shape, shade the bottle, and add realistic reflections.

Preview of Final Results

Wine Bottle Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1

Create a new document with these dimensions & settings:

Width: 800 px
Height: 1200 px
Resolution : 72 px/inch
Color Mode : RGB Color | 8 Bit
Background Contents: White

Step 2

Make a new layer by pressing Ctrl+Shift+N or you can go to Layer > New > Layer or you can simply press the button in the image below. Rename the layer created to "Bottle". To rename a layer, right click on it and search for “Rename”.

Step 3

For this tutorial we need some Guides so let`s do some guide lines. Press Ctrl+R to display the Rulers then make the following guide.

Step 4

Use the Pen Tool (P key), make the next path, between the middle and the right lines of the guide.

Step 5

Press Right click on this path then click on “Fill path” function. Enter these settings:

Use Foreground Color – but here you can use black color because my foreground color was black
Mode : Normal
Opacity : 100%
Feather Radius : 0 pixels

Step 6

This is what we should see after we filled the path with the settings above (from Step 5).

Step 7

Now we must duplicate the “bottle” layer. Right click on the “bottle” layer then click on “Duplicate Layer” or select the “bottle” layer and press Ctrl+J.

Step 8

We should now turn to the left of the duplicated layer. Go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.

Step 9

If we are doing everything correct so far, we should have something like this in the picture below.

Step 10

Use the Move Tool (V key) to position the duplicated layer on the left of our middle guide.

Step 11

To merge the layers, select these layers and press Ctrl+E, or right click on the layers and click on the “Merge Layers” function.

Step 12

Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L key) and select the top of the bottle like in the image below.

Step 13

Right click on the layer, and click on "Layer via copy".

Step 14

At the moment we should have 2 layers except the Background layer. Lock the transparent pixels of our copied layer by pressing the button in the image below.

Step 15

Select Brush Tool and fill the layer with a gray color.

Step 16

Make a new layer by pressing Ctrl+Shift+N or go to Layer > New > Layer. Use the Pen Tool (P key) to make a path like in the next picture. Right click on the path and select the "Make Selection" function. Enter "-1px" for the Feather Radius Setting.

Step 17

Fill the created selection with a White color, and then decrease the layer opacity to 25 %.

Step 18

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and enter the settings below:

Step 19

Make the next path with the Pen Tool (P key).

Step 20

Right click on the path > Enter the settings below, and then click OK.

Step 21

Select the Eraser Tool (E key) and enter these settings:

Size : 133
Mode : Brush
Opacity : 40%

Step 22

With the Eraser Tool, erase a little of the white color. There should be some shadow.

Step 23

Erase on the right edge of our bottle with a small brush size.

Step 24

Duplicate the layer with the white color: either right click on layer then click on Duplicate Layer, or select the layer and press Ctrl+J.

Step 25

With the same technique employed in Step 8, flip the highlight on the left part of the bottle.

Step 26

Select Layer 1 > use the Pen Tool (P key) to make a path as in the image below > right click on the path > go to “Make selection” and enter the settings:

Step 27

Press OK. Use the Burn Tool (O key) to add some shadows in the selection.

Step 28

Repeat Step 26, but now place the selection slightly higher.

Step 29

Use the Dodge Tool (O key) to add some highlights on the right of the selection, then use the Burn Tool (O key) on the left of the selection for some shadows.

Step 30

This is what it should look like.

Step 31

At the top of the Bottle make the next path with the Pen Tool (P key). Right click on our path > click on “Make Selection” > enter 0.8 pixels for Feather Radius.

Step 32

Use the Burn Tool to add some shadow on the top of the bottle.

Step 33

Use these settings for the Brush Tool:

Master Diameter: 3 px
Hardness: 0 %

Step 34

Make a new layer: press Ctrl+Shift+N , or go to Layer > New > Layer, and rename the created layer as “stroke”. You can rename a layer by right clicking on it, and click “rename”. Make the next path at the top of the bottle with the Pen Tool.

Step 35

Use the Brush settings from Step 33. Right click on the path and select "Stroke Path".

Step 36

To add more realism to the picture, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, use 1.6 pixels for Radius.

Step 37

From the tools menu select the Dodge Tool (O key) and reproduce the settings below:

Brush: 27
Range: Highlights
Exposure: 37%

Step 38

To add some more highlights on the left of our bottle, use the Dodge Tool (O key) with the same settings we used in Step 37.

Step 39

Repeat Step 38 to add more highlights to the right.

Step 40

Make a new layer: press Ctrl+Shift+N, or go to Layer > New > Layer. Then create the next path with the Pen Tool (P key).

Step 41

In the colors palette, select a dark gray color: #010101. Fill the path that we just created in the previous step.

Step 42

Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool (Feather Radius: 20) to make the next selection on the right of the bottle.

Step 43

In the Tools Menu select the Dodge Tool (O key) and enter the following settings:

Brush : 76 px
Range : Shadows
Exposure : 30%

Step 44

Use the Dodge Tool (O key) with the settings above. Add some highlights on the right of Layer 3.

Step 45

Add some Highlights on the left of Layer 3.

Step 46

To make a new layer, press Ctrl+Shift+N, or go to Layer > New > Layer. Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to make the next selection.

Step 47

In the colors palette, select a dark red color. I picked for myself #840000, but it's up to you.

Step 48

This will be our liquid (the wine): Fill the selection in the new layer with the color you picked in Step 47.

Step 49

Now it doesn't look real. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, and use these settings:

Angle : 0*
Distance : 21 pixels

Step 50

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and enter1.5 pixels for Radius. Click OK.

Step 51

Make a new layer (press Ctrl+Shift+N, or go to Layer > New > Layer). Use the Pen Tool (P key) to make a selection as in the following image:

Step 52

Select a Foreground Color: #282828.

Step 53

Select a Background Color: #fffffff.

Step 54

Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.

Step 55

Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Use these numbers.

Angle : -74*
Distance : 31 pixels

Step 56

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and use 1.3 pixels for Radius.

Step 57

Decrease the opacity of Layer 6 to 50%.

Step 58

Make a new layer (press Ctrl+Shift+N, or go to Layer > New > Layer).

Step 59

Select the Brush Tool (B key):

Master Diameter : 6px
Mode : Normal
Opacity : 100%
Flow : 100%

Step 60

Make a path with the Pen Tool (P key) as in the picture below.

Step 61

Use the Pen Tool (P key). Right click on our path, then check the “Simulate Pressure” box and click OK.

Step 62

You should have something that looks like this.

Step 63

We want to add more realism. Filter > Blur > Motion Blur:

Angle : -77º
Distance : 39 pixels

Step 64

Decrease the opacity of Layer 7 to approximately 50%.

Step 65

Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Radius: 1.3 pixels.

Step 66

Decrease the opacity of Layer 7 to approximately 10% to enhance the realism.

Step 67

Select Layers 6 & 7 > right click > “Merge Layers”.

Step 68

Duplicate Layer 7: right click on it and click on "Duplicate Layer", or select the layer and press Ctrl+J.

Step 69

Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.

Step 70

Load the selection by holding down the Ctrl key and mouse-clicking on the layer's thumbnail. Make a new layer: press Ctrl+Shift+N, or Layer > New > Layer.

Step 71

Select the Brush Tool (B key) with white color and brush in our selection.

Step 72

Make a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N, or Layer > New > Layer). Make the next path with the Pen Tool (P key), right click on it, then click on “Make selection”. Enter these settings:

Step 73

Fill the selection with a lighter gray. I used #cdcbc8.

Step 74

Lock transparent pixels of Layer 9 by pressing on the button indicated below, and make the next selection with the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L key).

Step 75

In the colors palette select a dark red color. I used #470000. Fill the selection with this dark red.

Step 76

Filter > Render > Lighting Effects.

Step 77

Click on the Dodge Tool (O key), and:

Brush : 101 pixels
Range : Shadows
Exposure : 24%

Step 78

Add some highlights on the left/right edges with the Dodge Tool (O key).

Step 79

Use these settings for the Dodge Tool:

Brush : 101px
Range : Highlights
Exposure : 24%

Step 80

Add some highlights on the edges, but now with the settings above.

Step 81

Make a new layer. Use the Pen Tool (P key) to make the next path at the bottom of the bottle.

Step 82

Right click on our path and click on "Make Selection". Use these settings:

Step 83

Decrease the opacity of Layer 10 to approximately 25%.

Step 84

Load the selection by holding down the Ctrl key and mouse-clicking on the thumbnail of Layer 10. Make a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N, or Layer > New > Layer).

Step 85

Use the Brush Tool (B key) with white color and brush in our selection.

Step 86

Select Layer 10 & Layer 11. Right click and click on “Merge Layers”.

Step 87

Select the base layer (the layer called “bottle”) and make the corners of the bottle round.

Step 88

Duplicate the Layer created in Step 86: select it > right click on it > click on "duplicate layer" > use the Flip Horizontal technique to place the layer on the right of the bottle.