The Glass Painter's Method by Williams & Byrne
Kiln-fired stained glass painting - fire less, paint better
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Your trace lines – your outlines, or contour lines – these lines can only be as good as your paint and tracing brush allow. So if your glass paint is badly mixed, or your tracing brush is wrongly shaped and loaded, your trace lines can’t be right. End of story.
That’s why today I want to show you the right and the wrong way to load your tracing brush. I just ask three minutes of your time, that’s all I’ll take, and in return you’ll see the difference.
Today four more useful reminders for you
Stephen’s four reminders last time were: oil, flooding, holding firm on pricing, and being comfortable when you work.
Now it’s my turn to look back on 2011 and also take you forward to the coming year.
First up, tracing – specifically, what you must do to trace well. I don’t care how many times we mention this (repetition works).
Every week we hear from people whose whole approach has drastically improved – just because they stopped racing to trace and started focusing more on their palette.
Here’s a quick important tip about how to trace. Turn on your volume, click the link and watch closely now … [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.
Here’s a check-list for anyone who’s starting out as a stained glass painter:
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.
