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Stained-Glass Painting Tools & Materials

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Checklist

Here’s a check-list for anyone who is starting out as a stained-glass painter:

  1. See below for details about glass paint and mixing bowl, gum Arabic, media (water and/or oil), light box, palettes, palette knives, paint covers, painting bridge / arm rest, jam jars, badger blender, wide narrow brushes, tracing brushes, various sticks, needles, scrubs, kiln, kiln trays and kiln controller.
  2. There are many articles and videos on this site: see here for a quick tour.
  3. Download and study our hands-on guide to kiln-fired stained glass painting – it’s packed with recipes, techniques, step-by-step projects and the kind of common sense you’ll only get by working with a successful studio.
  4. Get the free newsletter – each week you’ll get a quick tip that will help your stained glass painting: join here now
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Stained Glass Painting Brushes

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Doris Cultraro, from Rhinebeck, New York, US, writes and asks us about the kinds of brushes that we use for stained glass painting.

Here’s our list to get you started.

  • Wide narrow brushes for undercoats and overcoats
  • Blenders – large and small – which are mostly used to move wet paint around on the glass
  • Tracing brushes of various thicknesses for different kinds of line
  • Scrubs and stipplers to make highlights and texture