by David Williams on December 4, 2012
The sequence of your lines
First this line, then this one …
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 …
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by Stephen Byrne on June 16, 2011
Nine stained glass heads
A tale of techniques, crutches, card tricks, King David and – nine heads for you to copy
Yes, I do want to make you an offer – it’s a good one. But I also want to share an important insight. Here it is:
Techniques make good walking sticks but bad crutches.
Give me three minutes and I’ll explain …
And you’ll also find out how to get this useful guide to painting stained glass heads:
Stained glass heads – designs and techniques
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by Stephen Byrne on January 3, 2011
by Stephen Byrne on July 20, 2010
Kiln-fired stained glass painting – learn new techniques, save time, save money, and enjoy it more
What do you want to learn?
1. The key techniques
Is it the key techniques, like tracing, shading and highlighting?
Traditional stained glass painting – you’ll find the core techniques right here.
“Your guides are a great help for us in our studio” (Ab Evenhuis, Veldhoven, Netherlands)
This is also the best place if you want to get really good at tracing, shading and highlighting.
2. Glass painting with oil
What about stained glass painting with oil?
It’s also great to work with oil because oil is a lovely way to shade.
“You’ve given me a gift I cannot repay: I have wanted so much to get good instruction, and now at last I have” (Kara Unland, California, US)
See here for glass painting with oil and also how to paint a stained glass face.
3. How silver stain can dramatically improve the value and beauty of your work
Or silver stain, because I can save you time and money …
Then there’s silver stain, which most people mix with water or vinegar, which is crazy because it costs you time and money and also wrecks your brushes. Go here for this useful guide to using silver stain with oil.
“Your material is so much easier to understand than other books I have seen” (Sonya Conlin, Kent, England)
We’ve saved the studio so much money since abandoning water and taking up with stain and oil. You can do the same.
Everything comes with a risk-free guarantee.
“Thank you for your very impressive and helpful material” (Claire O’Halloran, West Kerry, Ireland)
All the best,
If you want to know more about stained glass painting, you must read
Glass Painting Techniques & Secrets from an English Stained Glass Studio
by David Williams on July 4, 2010
Silver stain – how to trace, blend, shade and flood from a reliable batch that lasts for months …
Frustrated with silver stain? Fed up with unpredictable and disappointing results?
There’s no need.
There is another way …
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by David Williams on June 30, 2010
by Stephen Byrne on June 13, 2010
Here’s a useful link to 19 glass painting strategies you can use right now. From undercoating to softening and from blocking in to modelling. You’ll find the 19 insider strategies right here.
How many do you use each time you paint stained glass?
They’re all right here.
by David Williams on February 12, 2009
Free PDF download
Several of you have written to ask about painting black letters onto stained glass, and how to do this really accurately …
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