From the category archives:

Stained glass painting tools

Until now you’ve probably had to shop all over the place to get your different brushes and paints.

Which wastes valuable time.

That’s why we’ve got together with PELI Glass Products to make things quick and economical for you.

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Ah ha! But only for subscribers to the newsletter.

There’s even a free and exclusive 15-minute video demonstration on using solder and patina to decorate and strengthen the lead. [click to continue…]

A colleague from Australia – wanting the smoothest possible surface for his kiln-fired painted stained glass – wrote and asked us how we prepared our trays … [click to continue…]

Essential Glass Painting Check-List

Here’s a check-list for anyone who’s starting out as a stained glass painter:

  1. Keep in touch with us
  2. Glass paint and mixing bowl, gum Arabic, media (water and/or oil), light box, palettes, palette knives, paint covers, painting bridge / arm rest, jam jars, badger blender, wide narrow brushes, tracing brushes, various sticks, needles, scrubs, kiln, kiln trays and kiln controller
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Doris Cultraro, from Rhinebeck, New York, US, writes and asks us about the kinds of brushes that we use for stained glass painting.

Here’s our list to get you started.

  • Wide narrow brushes for undercoats and overcoats
  • Blenders – large and small – which are mostly used to move wet paint around on the glass
  • Tracing brushes of various thicknesses for different kinds of line
  • Scrubs and stipplers to make highlights and texture

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