How to do paint on glass

Using special glass paint, you can do amazingly beautiful things to paint wine glasses, vases, bottles, to do the stained glass Windows. But in the artistic salons such paints are very expensive. Makes no sense to buy them if you just try painting on the glass, it is not known how serious it will become your passion. You can do paint yourself, and it will be much cheaper.

You will need

emulsion PVA;
aniline dyes (used for dyeing);

Instruction

Buy PVA glue. It is better to buy glue at the hardware store. The stationery shops are only sold in containers of small volume, and in the construction you can buy cans of 0.5 liters and 1 liter. If you are going to paint the surface with a large area (e.g. the door), then better buy a big jar.

Buy aniline dyes. They are sold in walmart or in fabric stores. Aniline inks of different colors are sold in powder form and is easily diluted in hot water. Buy the colors that you will need for future painting.

Dissolve aniline dyes in distilled water. Strain the solution. It should not remain lumps or solid particles.

Mix the resulting solution with the white glue to a condition similar in thickness to sour cream. Add the dye until then, until you get the desired shade. Color it is best to check on the glass, as glass is transparent, and the paint does not look like the one in the paper.

Make the desired number of shades. Pour each paint into a separate form. You can begin to paint!

Note

If you just start painting on the stele, choose a simple pattern and smooth surface. The blue glass look good almost all the pictures. You can then try to paint the convex surface. If you have little experience, do not take glassware with embossed convex pattern.

Useful advice

These paints are suitable for simple painting on glass and to the stained glass. For stained glass obligatory contour, which is filled with the desired paint. Contours better to buy in the store for artists. The technique of stained glass has a number of features, so be sure to examine it separately (in books or on the Internet).

For painting on glass it is best to use round brush - squirrel hair, kolinsky or synthetic. Buy brushes of different thickness.

Before you paint the glass surface, it is necessary to degrease the surface - wipe it with alcohol or wash with soap and water.

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