Beginner's Guide to Glass Painting E-Book

Nilima Mistry

• Herausgeber: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Seitenzahl: 91

Beschreibung

Learn the exciting and incredibly easy craft of glass painting! Super fun and super simple, glass painting doesn't require any artistic skills or experience, making this craft perfect for everyone of all ages! A relaxing creative outlet, Beginner's Guide to Glass Painting includes helpful introductory overviews on how to glass paint and all the basic painting techniques, tools, and supplies -- from paints and glitter powders to resin and more -- followed by 16 step-by-step projects with full-size templates that start small and simple and slowly progress in difficulty. From vibrant animals and charming abstract designs to beautiful florals, faces, and more, also included is a photo gallery of beautiful painted glass for inspiration. Perfect for easily painting unique framed artwork, vases, gifts, and décor, Beginner's Guide to Glass Painting is a modern, must-have guide to this exciting, accessible, and affordable craft! Author Nilima Mistry is the founder of Creative Art, where she offers hundreds of glass painting tutorial videos to over 250,000 YouTube subscribers.

Leseprobe

© 2023 by Nilima Mistry and Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., 903 Square Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552.

Beginner’s Guide to Glass Painting is an original work, first published in 2023 by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc. The patterns contained herein are copyrighted by the author. Readers may make copies of these patterns for personal use. The patterns themselves, however, are not to be duplicated for resale or distribution under any circumstances. Any such copying is a violation of copyright law.

Print ISBN 978-1-4971-0306-1ISBN 978-1-6374-1143-8

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023936029

Project Team

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Editor: Christa Oestreich

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Because working with glass, resin, and other materials inherently includes the risk of injury and damage, this book cannot guarantee that creating the projects in this book is safe for everyone. For this reason, this book is sold without warranties or guarantees of any kind, expressed or implied, and the publisher and the author disclaim any liability for any injuries, losses, or damages caused in any way by the content of this book or the reader’s use of the tools needed to complete the projects presented here. The publisher and the author urge all readers to thoroughly review each project and to understand the use of all tools before beginning any project.

For a printable PDF of the patterns used in this book, please contact Fox Chapel Publishing at [email protected], with 9781497103061 Beginners Guide to Glass Painting in the subject line.

Contents

Introduction

What Is Glass Painting

Gallery

Getting Started

Materials

Glass Paint Mixing Chart

Glitter Glass Paint Mixing

PROJECTS

Girl in Love

Stained Glass Frame

Ice Cream Cone

Selfie Couple

Rose Frame

Hydrangeas

Floral Drinking Glass

Unicorn

Lotus on Textured Glass

Mod Floral Frame

Sunflower Decorative Plate

Tulip Vase

Rose Spray Mirror

Floral Wreath Clock

Butterfly Lantern

Dream Catcher Sun Charm

Patterns

About the Author

Introduction

Glass painting turns plain mirrors, picture frames, drinking glasses, and more into beautiful items suited to your taste and style. And it’s easier than it looks! This book introduces the tools and paints you will need to get started, plus some options if you want to experiment in the future. With your materials in hand, you’ll learn how to use them as you make each project. These 16 projects are perfectly designed to build your skills and experience level, each one teaching a new technique that is a valuable tool for those familiar with painting or a total beginner. At the end, you will have a piece perfect to display or give as a gift. Before you know it, you’ll be a glass-painting master.

We use glass every day because it provides an unobstructed view, but it’s easy to forget that glass is a great medium to decorate. Its greatest strength as a painting medium is being transparent because you can easily trace patterns or original art below. There are 16 pages of templates in this book to get you started, but you can easily find more to make endless pieces you’ll love for a lifetime.

This book demonstrates the objects you can paint. Simply browsing through a craft or home-goods store can inspire you. It’s easy to add glitter that will add even more sparkle when hit by the sun. Blending colors on the glass surface will quickly become a tool in your arsenal to make any piece more realistic. The possibilities are endless!

What Is Glass Painting

Glass painting is a style of painting usually done on glass using brilliant glass colors and glass liners. They give the glass a semi-transparent, colorful effect; hence, a painting done on glass is called glass painting. Glass painting can be easily made at home using a simple glass-painting kit by any person who desires to make it, hobbyist or artist. The results are often compared to stained glass, though this process is quite different in execution.

Artists in 16th century Europe first developed this painting technique. Because glass was very expensive to make, any artist using it was commissioned by the nobility or churches. For a long time, the only images seen would be religious iconography or portraits. Merchants brought glass painting to Asia during the 18th century, where the focus shifted more to natural elements like flowers, birds, and landscapes.

As glass became cheaper and more widely available, glass painting picked up momentum as a folk art. It’s drifted in and out of popularity over the centuries, but there’s no denying the beautiful results that can be seen around the world.

Glass painting bears a striking resemblance to stained glass. This is because glass painting is essentially an offshoot of this older form of glass coloring, though it is made by using more traditional painting techniques. Stained glass is created when an artist cuts glass to a particular shape and adheres each piece to one another using a metal, called leading. Traditionally, stained glass has been associated with churches and other religious sites, typically depicting figures or scenes of importance.

Glass painting looks like stained glass, but the techniques are closer to painting with acrylics or other paints.

Many European stained glass windows display a coat of arms for the nobility who commissioned it, such as this one in Hungary.

Anna Teaching Mary is an example of folk art glass painting done during the 19th century in central Europe.

There are many ways to color glass. It’s been done since the days of ancient Egypt and Rome, though this typically involved mixing the glass with a pigment to turn the entire piece into one color. Stained glass built from this technique, evolving into intricate displays, does include painting directly on the glass. However, what separates this from the glass painting discussed in this book is that these pigments are then fired and fused to the glass. The most common of these techniques is called enameled glass. This method of painting on glass is much more challenging and much less accessible to most people because it requires special paints and access to a glass kiln. But this long history can serve as an inspiration for your own work.

Whether you are a hobbyist or experienced artist, glass painting is accessible at home using a simple kit. Following this book, you can quickly and easily learn techniques that result in amazing glass masterpieces.

Gallery

Glass painting has had a surge in popularity in recent years, which means people around the world are experimenting and creating amazing pieces. Use this gallery as a source of inspiration for future projects. So much can be done with glass painting!

Nilima Mistry

Youtube: @CreativeArt_Nilima • Website: creativearthome.com

Decorative Mason Jars

I did simple mehndi designs on mason jars to make them decorative, which now I use as a decor piece, tea candle holder, and sometimes flower vase. This is a great way to recycle and reuse things.

Tigress and Cub Glass Painting

My favorite glass painting is of a tigress and cub. The mother tiger died in a forest fire but lives in baby cub’s memories as his guiding spirit.

Lantern & Fishbowl

These two projects are the best use of glass colors. When we light the lantern and fishbowl using fairy lights, it looks magical. Beautiful colors coming out of lantern improve the ambiance and mood.

Mariia Prysiuda

Instagram: @my_art_workspace • Etsy: ArtMasha

Floral Hand-Painted Green Leaves Mugs

I am inspired by nature’s beauty, especially my lovely and native Ukraine. I love creativity in all its manifestations and adore the play of light on colored glass. This is all combined in glass painting.

Bugs & Beetles Hand-Painted Glass Mug

This hand-painted glass mug features multiple painted bugs (dragonflies, butterflies, beetles, ladybugs, grasshoppers, bees, damselflies, moths, ants, and June bugs), which are in chaotic order on the mug surface. Hand-painted in these vibrant colors, this design plays with the light all the time.

Andrea Bodnár

Instagram: @folkartfloral • Etsy: FolkArtFloral

Hi-Ball Glasses with Embroidery Design

This first design is very close to my heart because it is inspired by the Kalocsa-style floral embroidery of Hungary, which is a traditional pattern with vibrant colors. As an artist born in Hungary but now living in the UK, I wanted to honor my heritage with this series.

Gold Foliage Wine Glasses

This is a simple gold leaf design on wine glasses, and it is one of the favorite designs among my customers due to its elegance and simplicity.

Paria Joys

TikTok: @pariajoys • Etsy: Pariajoys

Four Seasons Suncatchers

These are my best-selling items. The idea behind it came from my love of both mandala art and nature, as well as the emotional bond between seasons and people.

Four Seasons Tealight Holders

This set’s design is inspired by features of the four seasons. With the dance of a tiny flame, they reflect the pleasing colors of nature.

Painted Mirrors

In this project I free-hand painted patterns and designs, using glass liners, transparent colors, and heavy-gel medium for creating some textures.

Anna Leleko

Etsy: ArtGlassPictures Facebook: Anna Leleko

Snowflake Ornament

In my childhood, there were colored sugar sweets called “Montpensier.” The stained glass window reminds me of these colored pieces of sugar. A painted glass picture fills a room or any other room with color and warmth. They bring joy and make you smile.For me, they carry some kind of fairy-tale magic from childhood.

Bees Candle Holder

I started drawing 16 years ago when I was at home with my newborn son. My first paints were children’s kits for painting on glass. I painted all the glass objects in my apartment. After that, I purchased professional paints and liners for glass.

Coral Glass Painting

Drawing on glass is a kind of meditation for me. The creative process, this is my world where I relax and unwind.

Whale Glass Painting