There’s a fascinating article in the History Of Psychiatry (Volume 1, No. 2, 191 – 206, 1990 to be precise) about a type of delusion that was widely reported in the 15th to 17th centuries but rarely occurs in modern times.
Since the writer’s purpose is always to entertain and educate the reader, let me immediately tantalize you with a choice collection of words – they all belong in the story you are about to hear:
Here’s a useful link to 19 glass painting strategies you can use right now. From undercoating to softening and from blocking in to modelling. You’ll find the 19 insider strategies right here.
How many do you use each time you paint stained glass?
They’re all right here.
A colleague from the Netherlands asks us something really useful:
As a novice, I have a burning question.
Say I experiment with your technique: so I paint an undercoat and then copy-trace the main lines from the design.
Now what if I make a mistake during tracing. What is the best procedure for correcting this mistake without ruining the work I’ve already done?”
This is such an excellent question, we’ll approach the answer from several different directions.
First, though, let’s step back a bit and give some context to the question.
Continuing our short series on how we glass painters can sometimes escape – or do I mean, disguise? – the leaden bonds which hold us.
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