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PAINTING ON GLASS: Beyond Tradition
Four or Five Day Workshop
INTRODUCTION
While many courses on painting tend to put emphasis on technique (for
the traditional methods of painting) this workshop will concentrate on the
different materials used to apply decoration to the surface of the glass.
Once the students grasp the broad range of tools and materials available, they
will concentrate on the creative application of these materials to their work.
I.
THE MATERIALS
- Glass paint (traditional)
- Silver stains
- Enamels for glass and for copper
- Ices and Frits
- Ceramic overglaze colors
- Clear enamels (fluxes)
- Lusters
II. THE TECHNIQUES
- Traditional glass painting
- Light modulation, illustration, and form
suggestion
- Laying down the matte, creating textures
- Brush or pen tracing
- Scrub lighting and stick lightening
- Water and oil based mediums
- Selection, use, and care of brushes
- What stains do to glass both physically and
chemically
- Stain application
- Enamels for glass
- Choosing enamels for color and durability
- Preparation for brush application
- Firing procedure for oil base mediums
- Testing for color
- Adjusting firing temperature using fluxes
- Drafting template - resist and screen
sprinkling
- Crackle effects
- Ices for glass
- The textural effects
- Visual firing procedures
- Frits and Ceramic overglaze colors
- Clear enamels for glass (fluxes)
- Temperature adjustment for paints and
enamels
- Devitrification prevention and cure
- Use as glass "solder" for low
temperature fusing
- Lusters: What they do and their effects
- Application techniques
- Use of thinners, brush management and
solvents
III. EXTENDED TECHNIQUES
- Screen process
- Making up the screen
- Screening direct to glass
- Screening to decal paper and decal transfer
- Airbrush (spray) application
- Selection of the medium and preparation of
the enamel
- Spraying techniques
IV. KILN FIRING
- Kiln firing procedure
- Kiln shelf preparation
- Physical properties of glass
- Burning out oils
- Thermal shock prevention and annealing
- Visual firing techniques
- Reading and calibrating a pyrometer
V. EQUIPMENT
- Kilns, Pyrometers, timers, and controllers.
- Brushes, air brushes and other painting
tools
VI. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
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