The Glass Painter's Method by Williams & Byrne
Kiln-fired stained glass painting - fire less, paint better
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OK, so last time it was Brigitte Bardot, Bill Haley, a broken-nosed bodyguard with two missing fingers, Henry Miller and – a pussy cat … and all this in a stained glass studio?
So how do I follow that?
I see that David – my dear fellow director and master glass painter – has left me with one Hell of a cliff-hanger.
Which gives me an idea … [click to continue…]
Welcome back – Happy New Year - and let’s start work again right now.
Well, that’s exactly what we’re like when you come and spend time with us in the studio.
No peace. No rest. Always pushing onwards to the next thing …
Now in recent posts you’ve looked at how the tip of the brush does so much of the work, and also at the pace and rhythm of stained glass painting.
And today let’s pay real close attention to another two important things …
I remember, I was doing my apprenticeship, the question always was, “How much can you paint in a day?”
What a bad, mad question. [click to continue…]
97 tips in 71 minutes
This stained glass painting DVD gives you 97 helpful tips in 71 minutes.
But that’s not all because there’s something even better.
This DVD is high-definition, full-colour and wide screen which means you see the kind of things you only see when you stand right next to us in the studio.
Some of you have done a course with us here, so you already know how useful it is to watch glass painting when it is done correctly and elegantly. [click to continue…]
When David and I first established Williams & Byrne, we made a solemn promise to one another … [click to continue…]
It is not every day you sit in a tycoon’s boardroom (nice Gothic lion-clawed chairs, by the way) and receive a challenge:
“The commission is yours if, within seven days, you can forge me two fine pieces of ancient-looking glass …” (the tycoon growled)
The boardroom was littered with other makers’ samples – wallpaper, curtains, rugs, table-tops …
I could see the tycoon’s problem – I’m quick like that …
Frustrated with silver stain? Fed up with unpredictable and disappointing results?
There’s no need.
There is another way …
Here’s a quick proof – if proof is needed – of how it’s possible to trace with silver stain.
And not just trace, but also shape your strokes, then gently blend them … [click to continue…]
