How to Start Glass Painting: A Beginners Tutorial

Basic Material and Tools for Glass Painting:-

• Painting surface
• Glass sheet, Glass bottle or jar, Glass plate
• Glass outliner
• Readily available or one can make at home
• Painting colors
• Glass colors, Fabric colors etc.
• Paint Brush
• Size: According to requirement
• Glass cleaning solution
• Thinner or Nail polish remover
• Sponge
• To create texture look
• Cotton Buds
• To clean excess color
• Design/Pattern.

Steps for Creating Glass Painting:-

• Clean the surface of Glass with soap water and dry with cotton cloth.
• Choose and Stick the design with tape on one side of glass.
• From other side draw the outline of design with Glass Outliner and let it dry at least for half an hour.
• Color the design with your favorite color shades.
• Glass color can take more than a week to dry so have patience (Fabric color or other color does not require such a long time).
• Frame it and here is your first Glass painting ready to beautify your wall.

In my next post I’ll write about step by step detailed demo on Glass Painting.