# Draw nested measuring cups in Aquarell: match each rim to its own handle

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Published: 2026-11-13T00:00:00+08:00
Modified: 2026-11-13T09:43:50+08:00
Author: Bison

Use three invented cups to check nested rims, inner walls and handle roots rather than graduations on one vessel.

English translation of the [Chinese original](<https://allluckly.cn/guides/aquarell-nested-measuring-cups-separate-rims-handles/>), translated on 2026-11-13. Original publication dates, attribution, code and version notes are retained.

Nested measuring cups need more than concentric ellipses: every edge and handle must belong to a specific vessel. Draw three invented unmarked cups in Aquarell, checking bowls and handles separately. Use nesting as a general structure without copying a product set’s count or capacities, and never convert image pixels into food-measuring volumes.

## Set the view from the largest opening

Use an approximately 1700×1400 px landscape canvas, pale-grey tabletop and large cup near centre with its handle extending right. Establish its opening ellipse, outer wall and grounded base, showing the inner wall. Separate sketch, large, medium, small cups, handles and shadow, initially in three greys. Add height/base if platter-like; raise the viewpoint if a deep-bucket appearance hides all interior. Sizes and three-vessel count are exercise choices, with no copied millilitre values or real volume inferred from an oblique view.

## Place the medium cup inside rather than above

Place the medium cup inside the large one, its rim near or slightly above the outer rim and its body descending into the cavity. Use complete checking outlines to establish containment, retaining only visible parts in the finished view rather than a bowl spanning the opening. Leave a narrow dark gap between walls. Add thickness and an inner wall if it looks printed on, and repair nesting height if floating. The cups need not fit with measured precision; the image explains nesting, not tolerances or guaranteed real storage compatibility.

## Retain a separate cavity in the smallest cup

Nest the small cup inside the medium one, keeping rim orientation coherent while allowing a slight offset rather than forcing concentric centres. Show its own interior bottom, not a hole through to the table. Start with a pale base and tonal inner-wall turn, then check outer portions hidden by the medium cup. Reduce dark holes and establish cavities if doughnut-like; reorder crossings by large/medium/small hierarchy. Do not expose every hidden bottom edge merely to count three cups. Clear visible boundaries explain nesting better than dense complete ellipses.

## Trace each handle to its own cup

Point all three handles right with slight offsets, each rooted near its own rim. Use three temporary colours to trace each end back to the correct cup, not three handles on the largest vessel or a floating middle strip. Keep occlusion order coherent. If all overlap, adjust the invented arrangement slightly rather than claiming actual snap fittings rotate freely. Preserve wall continuity and connection thickness at roots. Handle holes may be omitted; random decorative openings would distract from ownership checks.

## Use three colours to preserve vessel identity

Choose pale blue, green and warm yellow for large, medium and small cups. Match each handle’s colour family while shading under one light direction. Hide guides and verify these are three vessels rather than stripes in one cup. Repair colour crossing the wrong root; soften a crack-like gap while keeping wall thickness. Colours aid identity, not a universal volume code or food-contact claim. Omit graduations entirely rather than inventing numbers that imply calibrated measuring equipment.

## Inspect gaps as well as coloured edges

Check in greyscale or a neutral draft for inner/outer rim edges and narrow gaps. Each cup needs some wall explaining depth, not a fully exposed exterior. Separate merged rims locally rather than thickening every outline. Confirm only the outer base contacts the table; inner cups do not each cast independent grounded shadows. Shadows belong to the stack and projecting handles, not invented supports for concealed vessels. They establish no calculated centre of gravity or tipping angle.

## Repair the characteristic ring-pattern mistake

If the thumbnail still resembles one cup with three rings, hide glints and temporarily toggle the small or medium cup layer. Its rim and handle should disappear together. Reorganise ownership if only the handle disappears. Complete constructions may stay in private sketches, while the finished image shows visible parts only. Labels one/two/three cannot replace structural repair, and a hidden-layer view is not a record of real disassembly. Restore everything and compare at the same scale so size changes do not masquerade as a fix.

## Reopen PNG and check all three ownership groups

Keep the native file, export PNG and reopen it to check three rims, three handles, the innermost bottom and the outer shadow. Recover a lost thin handle through source width or composition, not by deleting the medium cup. Check display scale before modest tonal separation if colours merge, without relying only on saturation. Record an ungraduated three-cup illustration with invented colours and nesting heights, not baking-measure instructions. Every handle should trace to its vessel, without reading colours as graduations or inner cups as tunnels to the table.

## Related tutorials and sources

[Draw a cup in Aquarell: ellipses, volume and cast shadow](<https://allluckly.cn/en/guides/aquarell-paint-cup/>); [Draw a coconut half in Aquarell: separate shell, white flesh and cavity](<https://allluckly.cn/en/guides/aquarell-coconut-half-shell-flesh-cavity/>).

Sources checked on 13 November 2026: the [official Aquarell App Store listing](<https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/id1591340577>) and [Apple Lookup](<https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1591340577&country=cn&entity=software&timestamp=20261113>) show version 1.0.7, requiring iOS / iPadOS 15.0 or later. Use the publicly described brush, colour, layer and saving capabilities manually. Dimensions, view and colours are original exercise suggestions; confirm controls against the installed version. Keep editable native artwork and PNG previews. No step-by-step device testing, product inspection or species identification is claimed.

Type reference: [Joseph Joseph’s official nesting measuring-cup description](<https://us.josephjoseph.com/products/nest-measure-measuring-cups-blue>) informs nesting and handle categories. This invented three-cup image does not reproduce its eight-piece set, measurements or snap mechanism.