Classical Stained Glass Painting

How you can trace, shade, flood and highlight (front and back) in a single firing, and why you absolutely need a lump of paint to do this (not a teaspoonful)

Stained glass painting techniques

Read this if you are new to glass painting OR if your lines and shadows don’t always come out as you’d like them to and you want to do them really well.

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Your paint

Your paint – it all starts here

It all starts here. If your paint is wrong, no way can you trace or shade with it. Problem is, your paint’s not ready-made. You don’t buy it “off the shelf”. You don’t squeeze it from a tube. You must first mix and grind it by yourself. Which means you must also know the right proportions, and how to test them, which isn’t easy.

And that’s just for starters, because it’s also you who keeps your paint in top condition while you work. Yes, like ink, it dries. Unlike ink, glass paint turns to dust unless you stop it. And this is a disaster for your work – a waste of time and money. In this e-book you’ll see how how to mix your paint and also how to keep it so it flows. (You’ll also learn why liquid gum Arabic is far better for your work than powder.)

The point is, you must have good paint. Unless it’s good, no way will your lines or shadows work. It’s just not possible.

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This e-book explains it all, and much else besides …

Your palette

The palette is where you keep your paint in excellent condition. Again, if it’s wrong here, no power on earth will let you trace a lovely line or shadow. So you don’t just need the right kind of palette (you mustn’t use an ordinary piece of glass). It must also be the right size: fact – most palettes are too small (you’ll learn why). Plus, you must also learn how to keep your palette organised. Yes, organisation is your secret weapon which will let you move confidently from light to dark and back to light again.

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Perfect control. Every time. You’ll find out how.

Your knife

Nine ways to use a palette knife

Most people struggle here because they don’t know how to hold a palette knife and don’t really understand the tasks it’s used for – they just ‘know’ they’re meant to use it …).

So they use it when they shouldn’t. And they fail to use it when they should.

Result: chaos on their palette, bad painting on their glass.

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How to use your palette knife? See page 21 for answers.

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Your brushes

You’ll learn what length of tracing brush to use: a short one is best but it must contain the right kind of hair. (Common problem: many books suggest you need a special kind of long-haired brush to paint stained glass. You don’t. These long-haired brushes can seriously limit your style. All will be explained.)

How to use the badger blender

You’ll also learn the right way to use a badger blender: your grip makes all the difference and will determine whether you succeed or fail.

Another common problem is: the pace and strength of blending. Again, I will explain.

I’ll also introduce you to a special kind of brush you probably haven’t heard of. It’s astonishingly useful for making shadows. An unknown, unsung hero called a …

It’s all in this e-book.

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So you see how we’ll start with the basics. It doesn’t matter if someone’s a beginner or looking to paint better: get these basics right, and then you’ll be ready to master the core techniques.

OK, the core techniques

The core techniques

Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, techniques are fundamental to your work. You need a lot of them, not just one. Let me explain. Imagine a guitarist who can only play one chord or a dancer who only knows one kind of step: not exactly versatile. That’s why I take you through a whole collection of techniques so you’ll know enough to deal with many different situations.

You learn how to prepare your glass so it’s good to trace on. Yes, you do this after you clean your glass and before you trace on it. (Other books don’t mention this, which is a crime.)

You learn how to trace the outline, then strengthen and thicken it as needed. (In other words, you paint on top of unfired paint. I know a lot of books tell you this can’t be done. Please allow me to put them right.)

I’ll also show you how to turn lines into shadows: this is one of those “Aha!” techniques – once you understand it, you’ll see how so much lovely church glass was also done like this: it all makes sense. Lastly you’ll learn how to use the thickest, darkest paint of all (very effective), and how to shade with highlights.

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Plus you’ll find a whole lot more about your glass paint, like how to revive it if it dries. Don’t worry: it can be done. You’ll see how. The complete ebook for just $13.95 – click here:

Step-by-step projects

You get step-by-step projects because everyone needs guidance. 100s of close up and long shot photographs show you what you must aim for at each stage. Fish, shell, bee, monster, tower – you see work-in-progress and also how your glass should look at the end of each stage. You understand exactly what you must copy.

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Read and also watch

This is an immediate 80-page PDF download. But that’s not all: with each download comes a unique password. You can use this password to unlock a collection of 8 online demonstrations – that’s 60 minutes of free video so you see exactly what to do.

Online videos

So what’s in the online videos? How to mix glass paint and water (9 minutes), how to prepare your palette for painting (6 minutes), how to paint an undercoat (10 minutes), how to copy-trace (6 minutes), how to strengthen and reinforce (7 minutes), how to flood (8 minutes), more about working with very dark paint (4 minutes), plus a start-to-finish overview (10 minutes).

“The pictures in the chapters are awesome, but the videos really demonstrate the consistency your lump of paint must be in when you start painting” (Dave T.)

A message to you if you already paint stained glass

This amazing thing will make most sense to you if you already paint stained glass: you will learn how to do all your tracing, shading and highlighting, front and also back, in just one firing. Yes, especially the shading. I’ll show you how it’s done.

If you’re new to glass painting, take my word for it for now that shading often causes problems. But here you’ll learn an astonishing technique to shade before you trace, giving you a head-start over other glass painters who must struggle because they don’t know as much as you soon will.

Your own copy for just $13.95:

Guarantee

This e-book explains the techniques we use each day. (That’s why I know they work: because we use them everyday.) So, does ’60 days’ sound fair to you? 60 days to read and watch? If you decide this information is not for you, you can have your money back at once, no questions asked, because I want you to be happy. Yes, I want you to learn the skills you’re looking for. That’s why you have this 60-day no-risk guarantee.

One-time price for e-book and online videos: just $13.95 – Download now

What happens next?

Just click here, fill in your details, and you’ll go to a page where you can get your e-book and your password for the videos.

Afterwards, you can write to me and I’ll reply.

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80 pages. 5 step-by-step projects. 18 designs. 8 videos (60 minutes). Money-back guarantee. Just $13.95. Click here

Core techniques – tracing, shading, highlighting, front and back, in just one firing

Topics include: how to mix perfect glass paint and how to store it, other media you can use, what to do when your glass paint dries out/how to revive dried glass paint, the importance of the palette knife and 9 ways to use it, how to organize your palette, how to undercoat and flood, how to trace and how to strengthen, shading and matting, plus highlighting. Also, painting the back of your glass, and adding texture / giving depth. Just $13.95 – click here:

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Best,

P.S. With this deal, you get to read and also watch. You attack the problem from both sides at once: that’s how you can be certain you’ll understand what you must do. So remember the videos:

How to mix glass paint and water (9 minutes)
How to prepare your palette for painting (6 minutes)
How to paint an undercoat (10 minutes)
How to copy-trace (6 minutes)
How to strengthen and reinforce (7 minutes)
Flooding (8 minutes)
And more about flooding (4 minutes)

Plus a start-to-finish overview (10 minutes). You can watch these online demos as often as you want. Anywhere you want. Click here for immediate access.