Glass Painting

 

Do you know anything about glass painting? This craft’s popularity has considerably increased during these days. This topic is very large and you can find out a lot of interesting things just by reading this article.

 

 

Glass painting is completely different from book painting. There are many ways of painting glass. You can use traditional pain or specific glass paint. Traditional painting means painting on a glass sheet. This technique was used to add some details that couldn’t be added just by using lead lines. In reality traditional painting is more like drawing.

 

Traditional Paints:

 

• Oil based paints
• Matt stained glass paints
• Silver stained glass paints

You can use any kind of paint to in order to paint glass. Automobile or acrylic paints are just two examples of paints that you can use. You can use a hand-brush technique although air brushing gives better results.

Painting Instructions:

• Use proper glass
• Clean your glass and put it on top of your pattern. You can sketch the pattern using a pencil.
• Use lead to follow the pattern lines. It is recommended to apply the lead from the middle to the edge of the glass.
• Combine the colors using both dark and light shades.

Glass Paint Cleaning

• Clean your brushes and airbrushes with a cleaner or a thinner.
• Clean your hands using Lacquer based paint.
• To clean your hands it’s recommended to use lacquer paint instead of a cleaner.

 

So, in order to get the latest information about glass painting you can look over the internet. Glass painting is a very popular and appreciated technique that you can use to create beautiful glass artworks. Glass painting is a great way to improve or change the look of your home.