An un-narrated video about the things we do before we trace e.g. fasten the design so it can't move, lay down a test patch, and - mix, mix, mix that tracing paint.
The Glass Painter's Method
Un-narrated. This video is all about tracing - especially, easing the paint from the brush, willing the correct flow of paint, and sustaining your concentration from the first stroke to the last. Do you see how it's you the glass painter…
Un-narrated. A summary of the story so far, followed by the darkest paint of all: flooding. Please excuse the initial palette - it's in a shocking mess, and whoever left it like that should be spoken to. But, whatever the state of…
Here's one way to paint many layers on top of one another, then fire your glass just once Today you'll see the techniques I use to paint a stained glass beast. Yes, you'll discover how to do it all in a…
Un-narrated. An overview of the steps so far, and then the technique you use to mark out where highlights go: Copy your design on tracing paper; On the back of the tracing paper, rub chalk; Place the tracing paper (chalk-side…
Un-narrated. A summary, then, following on from the preparations in Part 5, the highlights themselves: You might also use this technique for lettering where the inscription is picked out from a dark background. This is the last episode in this…
Some useful points here if you're having difficulties with your undercoat or if there's too much water on your palette. In the foundation course Illuminate, you learn all about the undercoat, tracing, strengthening, flooding and how to highlight. Learn more…
Now our client had approved the 16 designs he'd asked for, and so it was back to us to secure his agreement on the painted glass itself - on what it must look like when it's finished. His insistence was, his…