Monthly Archives: September 2012

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Old Brushes, Old Recipes for Glass Paint and the Old Way of Painting as Much as Possible in a Single Firing

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Background research

This past week I’ve exchanged daily e-mails with a writer who is investigating how English stained glass painting was done mid-17th century.

Old brush names

First up, we talked about the old names for different sizes of tracing brush. None of this ‘size 0’ or 2 or 4 and so on. Rather: crow, duck, goose and swan. These were taken from the names of the birds whose quills were used to hold the hairs together. That was the old-fashioned way: much nicer than numbers, don’t you think? We also talked about this.

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Case Study: The Stained Glass Beast from Start to Finish

All in a single firing

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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 single firing. This is just like I did it for our students in the Netherlands in July. And it’s just like I did it one morning a month ago when Stephen had his camera on. I’ve got lots of demonstrations for you to watch – eight, in fact – so let’s get going now.

Important

One last point before we start. You’ll need a good hour to read this article and watch the videos I’ve made for you. I’m saying this so you can be prepared. The information here is excellent. It’s also free. I don’t want you to miss out. So the best thing is, you know before you start how long the journey is.

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The Thickest, Darkest Paint of All

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In a moment, you’ll find another excellent video demonstration for you to watch.

And like last time, it’s from a documentary we made.

We filmed this documentary between 8 a.m. and 10.10 a.m. one morning.

So it’s shot in real time.

Which means you see everything as it happens, minute by minute, technique by technique and – layer by layer.