Today I want to share some understanding of two big topics:
I’ll even talk face-to-face with you over my light-box and show you what I mean: such is the joy of video (for those of you who have this technique-packed e-book).
How to paint this stained glass bird
This download gets you clear step-by-step instructions for painting this delightful bird roundel.
Design included.
Plus 4 bonus designs as well. Read on.
Note: uses oil-based kiln-fired glass painting as demonstrated in Glass Painting Techniques & Secrets from an English Stained Glass Studio.
Page through the guide and see what you’ll get:
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And that’s not all because you also get four bonus designs …
Yes, as a free bonus, you’ll also get the designs to paint these four other lovely birds as well:
Bonus – you’ll also get the designs to paint these other four (4) birds as well
You get bonus designs for a kingfisher, blue tit, robin and woodpecker.
And you always have a 100% risk-free money-back guarantee. If want your money back for any reason, just write and say within 60 days, and we’ll oblige. We always want you to be completely happy with what you get from us.
Here’s the offer:
Stained glass birds – designs and instructions
Price: just $9.97
You’ll find us down this road at Stanton Lacy
This is the road which leads you to where we work: the studio is just to the right of that 3-storey farm-house.
There are two of us here. David Williams and Stephen Byrne.
The Maker’s Mark of Williams & Byrne
Here’s our maker’s mark – because glass painters don’t usually sign their work with their own names: instead they make a distinctive mark.
So that’s what we put somewhere on every window we make. (More on makers’ marks and where we hide ours right here.)
As for the studio itself, it’s gorgeous.
It used to be a barn, but now it’s a spacious light-filled studio, surrounded by pastures and farmland, and overlooked by the hazy Shropshire hills.
“Shropshire?”
If you imagine rural England at its most perfect and peaceful, then you’ll see Shropshire.
Heaven indeed.
We’ve been here for 14 years now, and we don’t compete for the design and painting work we do. For example, a tycoon once asked us to design and paint 16 stained glass skylights for his dining room ceiling. He didn’t ask anyone else. End of story.
Or rather, start of story, because it was a lot of work. Each project gives us more to share with you. Like the story of how we won this tycoon’s trust (which you can read here).
And now let’s give you some information about us.
The client’s interests are paramount. So our own need for self-expression must find other outlets than design and glass painting.
We believe that every building is different. So we absolutely will not design stained glass in the same “house style” for every building.
We’ve worked together since 1999. We set things up here in 2004. You’re welcome to see examples of our work – these are some of the stained glass windows we’ve designed and made, using the same techniques we write about and video.
David did his apprenticeship with Patrick Reyntiens at Mr. Reyntiens’ stained glass studios in Buckinghamshire and Somerset.
Under Mr. Reyntiens, David worked on the Britten memorial windows in Aldeburgh (for which he did a lot of acid-etching), and on Reyntiens’ new windows for Robinson College, Cambridge.
David also helped make various other windows designed by John Piper (such as the Evangelist windows at Saint John Without The Bars in the City of Lichfield) and Cecil Collins (for All Saints’ in Basingstoke).
In 1986 David took up the position of Studio Manager and Chief Designer at the John Hardman Studio of Birmingham.
At Hardman’s he designed, made and restored stained glass for fifteen years, working on a huge variety of projects. For example, a complete restoration of Saint Chad’s in Birmingham; two windows for Saint Mary’s, Uttoxeter; the restoration of glass in Inverness Cathedral; also in Winchester Great Hall ; and the Town Hall at Leamington Spa.
David left Hardman’s in 2004.
By way of early education, he studied Fine Art at the Laird School of Fine Art, and he has a degree in Fine Art from the Sunderland College of Art.
In 2011 and 2012, David worked with The Reytiens Glass Studio in London to help paint the Diamond Jubilee stained glass window for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Stephen did his apprenticeship (under David) at the John Hardman Studio between 1999 and 2003.
At Hardman’s Stephen worked with David on eight windows for Saint Stephen’s Hall in the Palace of Westminster and on two enormous facsimiles of Victorian windows: one being the magnificent east window from the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Farm Street, Mayfair, and the other being the equally glorious east window from Saint John the Divine, New York.
Stephen also worked on the restoration of a set of 14 French enamel stained glass doors which became a walk-in wardrobe in a pop star’s mansion.
Before stained glass, Stephen worked in the City of London for 13 years where he was a business analyst.
He has an Honours degree from the University of Saint Andrews and a doctorate from University College, Oxford.
There are 7 ways we can help you with your painting:
Write to us here when you want to know more about any of these things.
And that’s enough about us. Except to say that David is an artist and Stephen is a copyist. (The craft of stained glass has separate niches for different kinds of skill provided they are done well and with respect.)
Now please busy yourself with all the techniques and ideas you’ll find here.
They are what this site is all about.
And how you use them – that is the really exciting thing.
Remember: for glass painting tips and demonstrations, be sure to download this excellent free e-book:
We also made a full-length 21-minute demonstration of the whole process.
It’s like a coffee-shot – it’s quick, intense and packed with technique.
Right now I’m not announcing this on the website – just telling you because you get the newsletter.
You can watch the full 21-minute demo as often as you want. You need a high-speed internet connection to do this.
Here’s what you see:
You have a risk-free 60-day money-back guarantee, meaning you can watch it as often as you like for up to 60 days and get your money back no questions asked.
So the offer is: an intense 21-minute demo, watch online, watch as often as you like (it doesn’t expire) just $7.47 with 60-day money-back guarantee.
Free bonus feature: yes, if you have a high-speed internet connection, you can also download it to your computer or smartphone. Size is 254 Mb, so it’ll take a few minutes with a high-speed connection. This is an MP4 file so you’ll need software like like VideoLan or QuickTime to play it.
A quick, powerful 21-minute reminder of what you must do to paint glass beautifully: get it here right now for just $7.97
