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Stained glass painting techniques

How to Rescue Dried Up Stained Glass Paint

by David Williams on February 26, 2010

It can happen to any of us … we stop painting for a bit, and, when we return, our paint has completely dried up.
Here’s a short video to show you exactly what to do. Just visit the new site right here.

Stained Glass Painting with Silver Stain

by Stephen Byrne on January 8, 2010

Discover how to push silver stain to an extraordinary limit: for the latest post, just click here now.

The Predictable Unpredictability of Silver Stain

by Stephen Byrne on December 8, 2009

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It’s where the action is.

Real Glass Painting

by Stephen Byrne on November 30, 2009

Here’s where everything is happening from now on: www.realglasspainting.com

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The Expert Assistant’s Assembly

Stained glass cross with Saints Francis and Martha by Williams and Byrne, designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

by Stephen Byrne on October 27, 2009

As many of you saw on our live Twitter feed from the studio – see “What’s Happening in the Studio Today“, right – our itinerant expert assistant joined us last week from the Isle of Arran (just off the west coast of Scotland).

Stained Glass Painting with Nib and Oil

How to paint stained glass by Williams and Byrne, designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

by Stephen Byrne on September 14, 2009

In Glass Painting Techniques & Secrets from an English Stained Glass Studio, you discover an amazing technique for painting with oil-based stained glass paint on top of unfired – note this: unfired – water-based paint. If this technique is new to you, read more here.
This is the exact technique we use each day to achieve [...]

Stained Glass Tracing with Vinegar

by Stephen Byrne on September 7, 2009

Sue Sills wrote and asked us about mixing glass paint with white vinegar:
“I have only used water and gum for mixing tracing paint so far.
But I was recently told that you can use white vinegar instead of water and that it stopped the paint from drying out so quickly, thus making it better for tracing [...]

Stained Glass Painting Tools & Materials

by Stephen Byrne on June 26, 2009

Essential Glass Painting Check-List
Here’s a check-list for anyone who’s starting out as a stained glass painter:

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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, [...]