Stained Glass Oil Painting

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Cindy Whitehead July 27, 2009 at 5:14 PM: I am getting ready to order my first set of colored stains and enamels. Now I know that you cannot mix stains and enamels together. So my question is, Can you mix stains and/or enamels with other stains and/or enamels, within the same brand and type, to achieve other colors? Or do you need to buy the actual color, or as close to it, as you need?

I am working on a tight budget so I wanted to try to order in such a way to make best of my money spent. Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.

Respectfully,

Cindy L. Whitehead
Stephen Byrne July 27, 2009 at 6:45 PM: Hello Cindy,

Of course, it’s important to listen to other folks’ experience, but, whilst there are plenty of rules, we’d always say it’s usually important to try things for yourself, whatever the books and experts say.

So, for example, as you observe, it isn’t “usual” to mix stain and enamel together. But I have to say that I’ve never tried to. And perhaps something marvellous would occur. There’s one slight difficulty, which is that perhaps the temperatures are incompatible: this is a problem for silver stain, because it sometimes discolors when it’s overfired. But that’s not to sayyou couldn’t (1) find a low firing enamel and (2) achieve some fascinating results when mixing it with some silver stain. I just don’t know. Therefore I’m not prepared to say it can’t be done.

Now, returning to the question of whether it’s possible to mix different kinds of stains together, and also different kinds of enamels: yes, I know for sure that’s possible, because we often do it.

Of course, if there is a particular item which is exactly the color you want, then it makes good sense to get it. Often, though, when doing restoration work, we have no option but to make our own colors by mixing items together. Then it’s trial and error.

The stains and enamels that you need are determined by the work you want to do. Silver stains are expensive but they are wonderful, absolutely wonderful (in my view), whilst enamels are in less sympathy with our own design idiom (so we therefore use them less, except when doing restoration). So just be clear about exactly the kind of glass you want to design and make, and then do whatever’s necessary, and don’t take “No” for an answer!
Cindy Whitehead July 27, 2009 at 7:50 PM: Thanks for your input! I keep forgetting that just because it is not normally done a certain way doesn’t mean you can’t do it successfully. Thanks for reminding me. Have a great day!

Cindy
Stephen Byrne July 29, 2009 at 2:57 PM: Hello Cindy!

Exactly so!

Keen on techniques as we undeniably are, we still think it’s important not to close our minds by thinking that a particular way is always and necessarily the only way.

It’s also important to remember that there are views we only get to see when we wander from the established path.

This is not to condone carelessness, laziness, self-indulgence or negligence. It’s important that, when we choose to wander from the established path, we do so with our eyes open and with determination and care: that’s exactly the way we’ll get to see the new views, and thus learn new things.