When you visit Arley Hall in Cheshire, you may wonder whatever happened to the second of six magnificent stained glass windows which tell the story of a medieval hunt …
Stephen Byrne
Highlights – It’s Easy to Get Them Wrong But Lovely When You Get Them Right
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Let me tell you that the key points are: have a plan (don’t usually invent things as you go along), hold your glass firmly with one hand, work from the bridge with the other, choose your highlighting tool with care (make your own as needed), be confident (not scratchy, unless scratchy is what you really want), consider stencils (especially if you have a repeating pattern), remember how the back of the glass is also good for stained glass highlights, and use your hands as needed (just be sure they’re clean).
Right, now I’ve said my piece, will you also have a look?
At Last: The Correct Way to Load and Shape your Tracing Brush
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Your trace lines – your outlines, or contour lines – these lines can only be as good as your paint and tracing brush allow.
So if your glass paint is badly mixed, or your tracing brush is wrongly shaped and loaded, your trace lines can’t be right.
End of story.
That’s why today I want to show you the right and the wrong way to load your tracing brush.
All I ask three minutes of your time, that’s all I’ll take, and in return you’ll see the difference.
Four Techniques to Improve Your Glass Painting
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It’s a rough world out there. Your best skills are needed more than ever. That’s why it’s so important you look back and take account of all the things you’ve learned here these past 12 months. So this week and next, we’ll select a handful of techniques you must master absolutely. I’ll start right now with …