My husband travels a lot and hence I am left with a lot time at hand…So I decided to indulge my creative side by taking up painting…Since I am a huge fan of glass paintings…I joined a glass painting class…I must say the class turned out to be fun and I am immensely proud of my painting…
Here is the procedure...I am sure even an amateur painter will find it easy to follow.
Materials –
- Glass piece – can be thick/thin, transparent/opaque, square/round (all a personal preference)
- Design of your choice
- Tracing sheet
- Glass colours
- Glass liner – thick and thin
- Brush
Method –
- Place the tracing sheet on the design and trace it out.
- Now place the glass piece correctly on the tracing sheet. Make sure that the margins are of equal length on all four sides.
- Take the thick glass liner and trace out the margins and the design onto the glass piece. Thin glass liner can be used in case the design includes some fine detailing. Be careful not to smudge the paint. This has to be left to dry for a day or two.
- Fill in the painting with the glass colours. The glass colours have a transparent quality to them. They make the painting look luminous.
- Painting with glass colours tends to put air bubbles all over one’s painting; from my point of view these can add character to your painting but in case you don’t want the bubbles they can be easily removed by pricking with a safety pin.
- You can use the brush to give final touch up to the margins.
- Leave the paint to dry and voila the painting is ready to be framed.
