Last Tuesday, we had a successful meeting with the tycoon whose vast mansion lies on one of the nicer London hills.
He agreed to our full-sized designs for the 16 stained glass panels we are to make for the skylights in his dining room.
(Result!)
Afterwards, and a little south of the tycoon’s Soho office, David and I were taken on a private tour of the Houses of Parliament. [click to continue…]
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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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.
Our ever-collecting client, just because he liked it, had bought a 19th century window from an auction house in Paris, France.
The trouble was, it was the wrong shape and too short by 10 inches for the particular place he had in mind within his ornate lakeside villa. [click to continue…]
Essential Glass Painting Check-List
Here’s a check-list for anyone who’s starting out as a stained glass painter:
- Keep in touch with us
- 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
- Keep in touch with us, yes! [click to continue…]
by Stephen Byrne
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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