At best we’re used to hard-nosed pens and pencils. At worst we always use a keyboard or a touch-screen on our smart-phone. That’s why I owe you this reminder about how to hold your tracing brush. You’ll also find a very helpful video, so you see exactly what I mean.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Tracing
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The sequence of your lines
When you trace a stained glass design, you trace one line after another. So you trace the first line, and then the second, and the third and so on, until you’ve copied all the lines.
My point to you today is, you must study the design before you start. But not just that, because the crucial bit is this: you must decide the sequence of your lines. Decide? Yes, decide. In a moment, you’ll get two walk-throughs. But to start with, just take your design and …