When you trace a stained glass design, you trace one line after another. So you trace the first line, and then the second, and the third and so on, until you’ve copied all the lines.
My point to you today is, you must study the design before you start. But not just that, because the crucial bit is this: you must decide the sequence of your lines. Decide? Yes, decide. In a moment, you’ll get two walk-throughs. But to start with, just take your design and …
But just let me tell you first about a funny thing which happened at the airport. (Thank goodness David likes dogs.)
All set now to paint the fierce lion tomorrow: tracing (outlining), then flooding. And once the flooding is dry, I’ll pick out his highlights using “the chalk method” – just like you do with stained glass lettering.
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.