by Stephen Byrne on June 13, 2010
Here’s a useful link to 17 glass painting strategies you can use right now. From undercoating to softening and from blocking in to modelling. You’ll find the 17 insider strategies right here.
How many do you use each time you paint stained glass?
They’re all right here.
by David Williams on March 12, 2010
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…]
by David Williams on February 5, 2010
There is a mind-numbingly irritating consensus which insists that stained glass paint should be fired between successive layers. This silly idea is found in any number of so-called instructional books on stained glass painting techniques.
It’s wrong, of course. – And here’s a short wordless video which – ahem! – proves the point! [click to continue…]
by Stephen Byrne on December 8, 2009
Nietzsche advocated living dangerously – once urging us to build our houses on the very slopes of fiery Mount Vesuvius. But it’s important not to go too far in this direction …
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by Stephen Byrne on September 12, 2009
Jeff Hitch e-mailed us from Mission Viejo in California with a question about silver stain:
Can you please give me some tips on how to paint with silver stains?
I have been using vinegar and brushes with no metal (since I understand there’s an active ingredient in the stain which corrodes the metal).
They paint OK but they just don’t flow as well as other types of paints.
Also, I can’t get them to gradate very well. Can you help?
Yes!
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