The first day of Stephen’s apprenticeship
Stephen’s a good soul, so he won’t mind me sharing this tale with you, but the first day of his apprenticeship way back in 1999, this is the kind of brush he turned up to work with …
Tag Archives: stained glass tracing
Glass Painting Techniques
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Quick free guide here:
There are so many great articles and videos about glass painting here: you’ll learn more when you take five minutes to read this quick free guide.
Case Study: The Lion & The Unicorn
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An interview
This time something new. This time I interviewed David about the main techniques he used to make a stained glass window for the 60th anniversary of the coronation of our Queen.
Tracing
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The sequence of your lines
When you trace a stained glass design, you trace one line after another. So you trace the first line, and then the second, and the third and so on, until you’ve copied all the lines.
My point to you today is, you must study the design before you start. But not just that, because the crucial bit is this: you must decide the sequence of your lines. Decide? Yes, decide. In a moment, you’ll get two walk-throughs. But to start with, just take your design and …