A work of art or a painting on glass

Considering this kind of painting, like painting on glass, it should be noted that this is a rather difficult and time-consuming and hard work, as a result of which real works of art arise . For such a painstaking work, only professionals are taken, according to them, this kind of painting was known to man many centuries ago.

To date, there are a large number of types of paintings on glass. Painting is done with special paints on an alcohol or water basis, as well as paints can be stained glass, oil or acrylic, matt and transparent. After the paint is applied to the glass with special brushes, it is necessary to withstand the heat for drying and fixing.

When painted with paints, a contour is used to prevent paint from flowing from one pattern to another. The contour should be closed in this case, however, when creating an additional effect, the contour is not closed so that the colors can be mixed. Thus, the painting on the glass contours provides the creation of drawings with different effects, depending on the artist's preferences. The contour can be used as a special, designed for painting, and a paint-contour for creating the relief surface of its line, you can also use an ordinary marker for disks. In some cases, artists use woolen threads impregnated with glue as a contour. It should be remembered, no matter what the contour is used, the painting begins to be done only after it has completely dried.

There are different techniques for painting on glass. One of them is the Tiffany glass painting technology, which can also be used when painting stained glass. This technology is included in the painting of the glass surface in such a way as to give volume and depth, as well as the effect of real shapes used by the drawings. With the use of this technique, artists create a large number of fine lines and small details, so that later the finished work looks fragile and original.

Before painting on glass, it is necessary to prepare a glass surface. To do this, it must be cleaned of dirt and dust, and degrease with an alcohol solution. Next, a contour of the future drawing is applied to the surface of the glass, and after it is completely dried, the painting is painted. Here it is necessary to remember that when using colors of different colors, you need to use one brush for one color. Paints should lie down so that they do not go beyond the contour and do not spread. The drawing itself can be applied with the help of carbon paper and a felt pen or pen.

After the painting on the glass is finished, it is necessary to allow the paints to dry and apply a clear varnish to the finished drawing in order to protect the artistic paints. If it is necessary to achieve the effect of antiquity, it is recommended to use an aerosol varnish to coat the paints.

For painting can be selected any glass objects, for example, mirrors, vases or ordinary bottles.

The popularity of glass products, with paintings painted on them, is constantly growing. Currently, a large number of people acquire such amazing works of art that bring uniqueness and splendor to the interior of the premises. To date, painting on glass is a unique and rather interesting way of giving glass products beauty and some high cost. And the use of such affordable and relatively inexpensive materials, like various paints and brushes, allow creating illusions of stained glass without using the laborious technology of its manufacture, which has come to our time from ancient times.