How to paint glass

Painting on glass is a simpler technique than it seems and the results are really having an effect. It may be useful to decorate both jars recovery that embellish simple glass objects such as vases, liqueur glasses or bottles from exposure. Let's see what it is.

Organization of the workspace

First, you need a plan of work; it could be a table or desk, covered with old newspapers to prevent the color from sticking on the shelf.

It should not be very large: the object to be decorated, a container with water and the colors are the elements to be roughly considered clutter. Council to put on old newspapers a series of blank pages where there is the decoration of the object in order to have a clear vision of colors: for the same reason it would be good to work in daylight or artificial light using very strong.

Materials Required

Now let's see the necessary equipment to carry out simple decorations on glass: you can find this material in art shops.

Acetate sheets

The former are necessary to prove the performance of color in various shades before making drawing. As to demarcatore, it is a tube characterized by a very thin nozzle containing a liquid rather dense: it serves to trace the contours of the decoration and is commercially available in the colors black, gold, silver and imitation lead. It is also necessary to obtain sheets of glossy paper on which to draw the decoration to bring it back then object to be decorated.

Colors for painting on glass

There are two kinds of colors for painting on glass: the water colors and the solvent. The first are diluted with water and dry in about an hour, but you can not wash the decorated objects will simply dusted with a damp cloth. As regards the colors in solvent, it is necessary to use a diluent to be used and obtain the various gradations: once decorated, the object can be washed in a dishwasher but not! After being used, the brushes should be cleaned with alcohol. The most suitable colors for these jobs are those with water, because non-toxic and can therefore be used with confidence even in the house.

Brushes

The brush is ideal for this type of decoration should have soft bristles so as not to leave unsightly streaks on painting the corners and finishing recommend using a smaller brush and smudge to correct you can use cotton swabs - for instance , those for personal hygiene.

Palette

It serves to create the different shades with which carry out the project: the more creative, however, in the absence of the professional, they can use recycled objects such as bottle caps or plastic cups coffee since the amount of color usually is not much .

Decorating a glass jar

The subject of our decoration is an anonymous glass jar, we want to revive a little 'drawing a simple decoration that give him a color. Once you choose the decoration, you can draw it on glossy paper with a pencil from the tip not too soft which might stain the paper: the first experiments would agree to draw simple elements so that you can familiarize yourself with demarcator and color consistency.

Before starting to work on the pot, try to realize the chosen decoration on the sheet of acetate after placing the sheet under the floor with the design, you begin to trace the contours Using the supplied demarcator.

The difficulty lies in the simultaneous press the tube and follow the guidance of polished: the first few times will be hard to get a line that is straight and free of cracks, which is why you first need a little exercise. As for the color, even in this case it is necessary to understand the consistency but also understand that weight can have our brushstroke: to do this, then try to trace brushstrokes first read and then the heavier of the same color.

Once you've taken your hand, start the decoration itself: we fix the design with polished inside the jar servendoci masking tape, so it can be easily removed at the end of work. Clean up with alcohol the surface to be decorated: the presence of dust or fingerprints to prevent products of completely onto the surface. Without this, you can begin to draw: with a steady hand to avoid unsightly flicker with demarcator, drawing the outline of the design.

The advice is to proceed and shipped interrupting the stretch only in the presence of corners: in this way it will be easier to make a uniform contour. After this stage, it is necessary to wait at least a couple of hours for the paste to dry.

Let us now turn to color decoration: after placing a small amount of color on the palette, you intingiamo the brush and pass it on the surface to be stained.

To avoid unsightly streaks of color, particularly evident in the case of light colors, it is necessary coloring quickly so as to allow a homogeneous drying of the product.

To get a darker shade of color, you only need to wait a few minutes for the color to dry and make a new pass: for a stronger, agree to pass the brush only the edge of the outline of the design. Once you have completed the task, put the jar to dry in a place free from dust.

For those who are interested in the recovery of creative objects, here is an article on decorating a lampshade with the stencil.