You have dispensed courage once again – onwards to Sherwood Forest!

Thank you,
John

You make a good point. It’s like, “Dig for water before you get thirsty” if you see what I mean. All the time, one has got to be looking around for ideas, collecting them. “Bad artists copy, great artists steal” – and the law be damned!

All the best,
Stephen

I always steal different parts of images from magazines, books and media to use as reference for my designs. I mix this all around and
make my own interpretation of these. I don’t know where I’m going with this, but could could the mighty arm of the law spoil my fun?

Thanks again for great gift of information you so generously share.

Sincerely,
John ‘Robin Hood’ Kilpatrick

I completely understand the impatience. Yet as you say, it’s so important to resist it.

I know how the finished painted glass is where we want to get to. Yet with all craft it’s our patient, careful way of arriving which really counts.

And this starts with the design itself. If the design is poor (and I don’t mean your design), how can the painted glass be what it should be?

Indeed it can almost seem like a waste of time and effort to bring a poor design into existence.

Seen from the perspective of the joy of beholding a well-painted piece of glass – and also seen from the perspective of how long painted glass can last – then, as you see so clearly, it makes much better sense to “sleep on things” as well as work on them until the right design emerges.

Well done for seeing that.

All the best,
Stephen

Thank you so much for sharing your design process with us.

I sometimes get so impatient that I want to cut glass and paint without properly thinking the design through.

Right now I am working on a design depicting a glass blower, and I think it is a bit busy so I might have to evaluate what is good and what is overkill.

Take care,
Kelley

But, between ourselves, I’ve had the dickens of a time today keeping Stephen away from the studio wardrobe.

It must be Spring. (I hope.)

David

P.S. I’ve just seen the note in the far-right column about getting this information “On the Go”. Note to myself: must ask Stephen what a “touch phone” is in the morning.

This is really wonderful! – I have just started glass painting and am really interested in this ‘shadow technique for giving depth’ portion. I am going to incorporate this in my next painting.

Thanks a ton for sharing this.
Pallavi

Your article really made my day and I found it difficult not to laugh at your modified picture!

Perhaps you two can pose on the Brighton pier for me the next time I need a model!

I can’t really imagine my other half dressing up for me to practice for my painting but I do get inspiration from many sources, not least going into churches and art fairs and borrowing books from the library.

As always, thanks for all your inspiration and enthusiasm to keep us going and work on our painting techniques.
Eileen

As for dressing up and Other Halves – my own is a medieval instrumentalist, and, for her gigs, must always wear the appropriate attire. This makes her very understanding. Hence I too have some license.