Glass Painting
Stained Glass Painting
Painting on Glass Tutorials Painting on glass is a very exciting stained glass technique. It allows your creativity to run free, without the constraints of cutting, leading or any of the other processes that require accuracy and lots of fiddly pieces fitting together. This section covers everything you need to…
Painting Trace Lines
Outlining Your Design Stain glass painting opens up an exciting number of options for you. Once you get the hang of it you'll be able to add detail, texture and colour to your stained glasswork. Starting with line work is best, especially for beginners, as it can be fired first…
Types Of Stained Glass Paint
Which Paint Is Best For Your Project? Painting glass allows you to add infinite amounts of detail and texture to your stained glasswork. It opens up a whole variety of effects to you. It is fired permanently on to the surface of the glass in a kiln. This is where you'll…
Glass Painting Techniques – Matting
Blending Paint Tutorial Any guide to glass painting techniques has to include matting, or shading. It's the exciting process that will make your work look 3-D, like the drapery in church windows. Matting requires a very different approach than other stained glass painting techniques. Instead of putting paint on, you're…
Perfect Paint Mixing
Achieve Flowing Lines These instructions show you how to mix your paint properly. Doing this will make your painting flow smoothly, without blemishes. What medium is best? - You can mix enamels with various mediums, depending on what you're trying to achieve. - This can be a bit confusing as…
Glass Painting Questions
How to decorate with paint on wine glasses I want to teach patients how to paint on wine glasses, so they can decorate glasses that will be suitable for sale to support our Not For Profit Agency. What is the best and safest technique / materials? Ed. Milly's reply: What a…
Firing Schedule for Paint and Stain
Help needed with firing schedule I need help with a firing schedule, to include annealing. I am staining some replacement diamond shapes in the old type German cathedral glass (minster glass) and I cannot find out the strain and annealing points so that I can fire the glass safely. I…
Glass Painting Questions and Answers
How do I Stop Glass Paint Going Streaky I want to paint part of a glass panel on my front door - it measures 37 x 7cm. I have bought paint which is in a bottle and the liquid is very thin (so i presume that i will have to…
Deep Glass Paint Colors
Coloured Paints And Enamels Coloured stained glass paint is a fantastic way of getting exciting designs permanently onto float (window) glass. It means that you can do very large, free designs that don't cost a fortune. Sometimes called low firing enamels, these paints are fired at between 1022F/550C and 1040F/560C.…
Stain Glass With Silver Nitrate
Silver Staining Tips Silver nitrate is used to stain glass and was discovered in the early 14th century. It is composed of silver nitrate and gamboge gum, and comes in various colours, from pale yellow to a rich orangey-amber. It differs from paint and enamels because during firing a chemical…