The first mentions of stained glass windows date back to the 1st century BC. Then the production of stained-glass windows was the lot of professionals. Now everyone can make an imitation of stained glass. It is enough to paint on glass using the stained glass technique. This way you can easily decorate any glass surfaces. Not surprisingly, glass painting has recently become a fashionable hobby. You can apply a picture to glass using special water-based acrylic paints or acrylic paints based on alkyd resins.
It is necessary
- - Embossed stamps;
- - synthetic brushes;
- - glass contours;
- - acrylic paints;
- - palette;
- - acrylic lacquer;
- - solvent;
- - cotton pads.
Instructions
Step 1
First you need to choose a pattern to apply to glass. Of course, you can come up with a drawing along the way, but not everyone can draw well. For such cases, there are special relief stamps on sale, the pattern from which can be transferred to glass. You can do it in another way. Select a drawing (you can on the Internet), process it so that only the outline remains, print it and attach it to the glass from the opposite side of the one on which you will draw. Then slightly dampen the paper so that it sticks to the glass. You can start painting. Do not forget to wipe the surface to be painted with alcohol to remove greasy fingerprints and other dirt.
Step 2
The pattern on the glass can be applied with or without special contours. Contours on glass, like paints, are available in different colors, usually packed in tubes and used to create painting on glass in stained glass technique. The contours that are thicker than paints prevent the acrylic from mixing and spreading, but they are difficult to apply and cannot be done without training. The contour should be applied by slightly squeezing the tube and rather quickly moving its "nose" over the surface in the direction you need. The speed and pressure must be the same all the way through the line, or you will get an uneven contour. Small irregularities can be corrected with a cotton swab dipped in water.
Step 3
Then take a cone-shaped synthetic brush. The finer the details of the drawing that you want to paint, the thinner the brush should be. There are two main techniques to apply a pattern to glass. The first technique is more suitable for transparent (stained) paints, but opaque acrylic paints can also be applied this way. To make the acrylic paints lay down smoothly, type more color on the brush and, lightly touching the glass, pull the paint a little to the sides, evenly distributing it over the surface in a not too thin layer. As soon as paint stops flowing freely from the brush, pick it up again. Do this often and quickly so as not to let the edges of the painted area dry out, otherwise you will get ugly stains. The brush should not touch the same place twice; acrylic paints are applied in this technique only once.
Step 4
If you are going to paint on glass with alkyd paints, then the application technique will be the same. For your information, acrylic paints based on alkyd resins, unlike water-based paints, spread better and do not require baking, but they have a pungent odor and are washed off only with a solvent. The second application technique resembles ordinary drawing on paper. For painting on glass using this technique, you will need opaque acrylic paints. Usually flowers are painted using this technique. In this case, wide strokes are made. In this technique, you can apply one coat of paint on top of another, but the first coat must have time to dry.
Step 5
After drawing on the glass, let it dry. The time for complete drying is usually indicated in the instructions for the paints. Most water-based acrylic paints require baking. You can bake products painted with water-based acrylic paints in the oven at the temperature specified in the instructions. The finishing touch that will consolidate the results of your work is the coating with acrylic varnish. It is desirable to cover with acrylic varnish both products painted with alkyd paints and products decorated with water-based paints.
Step 6
A few little secrets. If you want to add texture to the drawing, use a hard brush. It will leave grooves that dry out and make the surface uneven. To do this, you can also use a foam sponge. Dip a sponge into the paint, patting the paint onto the surface. If you don't have the color you want, you can try to get it by mixing the available shades. If you need to paint over a large surface (background), use spray acrylic paint.
