 Stained glass – how to paint it: there are so many reasons why you’ll love our practical and informative book about painting stained glass designs – The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting by Williams & Byrne
We can show you our amazing stained glass painting techniques
People who want to know about our exact glass painting techniques can download our book, The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting, from here.
“Thank you for capturing your studio’s experience on paper: the chapters are great” (David T., Virginia, USA)
Fact-packed, photo-packed and FULL of detail
We need to say this CLEARLY: our information is not right for everyone. For a start, our book is uniquely detailed: some of the chapters contain more than 100 close-up colour images. This means you see exactly how we paint our glass.
Also, there are many useful exercises and tests that we suggest: you see, we are such good teachers, we will always encourage you, and we will always urge you to try things on your own.  We will push you on to ever better stained glass painting!
- Are you happy with close-up colour photos?
- Are you eager to learn new techniques and try them for yourself?
If you are, then download our book and take your glass painting to new levels.
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See how we paint our gorgeous dog roses - we can show you exactly what we do
 Flowers are lovely to look at – we love painting them on glass. The special thing about these dog roses is that they are always in bloom, whatever the season.
This is a photograph we took in a client’s house on the day after Christmas (he had invited us round for lunch). It was a cold, grey day. But these dog roses we’d made for him just lit up the room in a beautiful way.
 We always begin with a lovely design. Note: only for May 2008, this design is one of the stained glass designs which can come as a valuable bonus with our book. (You choose which designs you want.)
The time you spend designing is always worth its weight in gold: painting on glass is too complicated simply to invent as you go along. We use water-colored paint to prepare most of our stained glass designs.
 We use the design to prepare a “cut-line”. We also use the design to choose our glass. We mostly use handmade glass because it has such unique textures and depths of color. There’s every point in using the best glass you can find.
The colors don’t have to match exactly: never be too literal. You must always be thinking of where the stained glass panel is going to hang.
A technique that we teach you in our expert book is how to paint many layers of paint on top of one another in a single firing. It’s a fantastic method of painting: we usually fire our glass JUST ONCE. We will show you how.
 Here we’ve covered every piece of glass with a very light tone of paint – this is something we show you in Chapter 2. Then we trace the outlines very, very lightly: it’s important to mix the paint as we show in Chapter 1, then trace as we show you in Chapter 4.
We let the paint dry thoroughly. Then we put the stained glass design on one side: we need to be able to see it, but the most important thing is to concentrate on the glass we’re painting.
 Now we paint over the faint tracing lines a second time (and sometimes a third): you’ll find more about this in Chapter 4. We also begun to “flood” the darkest areas with the “silhouette” technique from Chapter 2.
So far we’ve darkened the glass by painting on it. The time has therefore come to let the light shine through! Here’s where we start to add highlights.
Look carefully at the leaves and petals: we’ve used sticks and needles to cut through the paint to the bare,  bright glass beneath. On the background, we’ve used a brush to make small marks. We examine highlights in Chapter 5.
But we don’t just leave highlights as they are: it’s important that there are degrees of brightness (just as there are already degrees of darkness). So some of the highlights are “softened” with a brush or with your fingers.
It’s easy to ruin glass painting at this point: there’s a skill to highlighting. It’s particularly important not to rush. Just as you used the best glass, it’s essential to work thoughtfully.
We also paint with oil-based paint on top of the many layers of unfired water-based paint. This is an astonishing technique that we explain to you in Chapter 6.
We fire our glass at a fairly high temperature because we like the silk, smooth effect this gives. We usually go to 675 centigrade / 1250 Fahrenheit and “soak” the glass there for up to 5 minutes. On the way down, we anneal the glass so that its stresses are relieved.
Take note: this is all done in a single firing. Our book tells you how we do this.
And then it’s time to put away the brushes: it’s only once you’ve leaded and cemented the window that you can see what the stained glass window really looks like.
That’s just one sequence of stained glass painting techniques that we use at our studio. We pick and choose our techniques, depending on the project.
If you’re new to painting on glass, we can show you how you do it beautifully. If you already paint, our techniques will add to your skills. We care about how you paint: we’ll be glad to show you what we know.
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The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting by David Williams and Stephen Byrne
“Your work is absolutely gorgeous!” (Kevin T., Florida, USA)
David Williams and Dr. Stephen Byrne
authors of
The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting
and owners of Williams & Byrne,
the design and glass painting studio in England, UK
“What’s in your book on beautiful stained glass painting?”
Each of the 6 chapters is packed with tips, photos, techniques and secrets which will change the way you paint stained glass. Here are the techniques we teach you in our book.
You’ll paint much better with properly mixed paint, that’s for sure. That’s why you’ll find our special recipe and technique for mixing glass paint and water in Part 1. Professionally mixed paint makes beautiful glass painting much easier.
Get Part 1 here: a fantastic recipe for mixing paint.
Want to improve your tracing? In Part 2 we show you how to paint lovely silhouettes. This is the best way of tracing better than ever before.
Get Part 2 here: a great way to paint beautiful silhouettes.
How about shading and matting? Most people find it difficult to shade. Most people do this after tracing. But do you want to find an astonishing technique for painting the shading first of all? Part 3 introduces you to a marvellous technique for painting the most gorgeous shadows.
Get Part 3 here: you can paint gorgeous shadows.
You’ll also want to know about making different thickness and strength of line, so Part 4 contains an absolutely wonderful project to develop your skills with the tracing brush.
Get Part 4 here: delightful ways of tracing beautifully.
Part 5 looks at highlighting. Put your highlights in the wrong place, and you can ruin your painting. Put your highlights in the right place, and your glass will sing.
Get Part 5 here: exquisite highlights.
Part 6 explains oil-based painting. Not painting with a nib but painting with a brush. And painting with a brush on top of unfired water-based paint!
Get Part 6 here: the secrets of painting with oil.
Download this book now and start learning the secrets of professional glass painters. Click here to download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting.
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We could go on: we have many other generous, free-spirited, happy comments from people just like you who are so glad to find this web site.
The techniques and secrets of glass painting ... presented clearly
Not everyone can teach. BUT our many students say that WE are excellent at teaching them how to paint on glass. Just read 4 comments from hundreds:
“You are both gentlemen and damned fine teachers!” (Patrick G., Scotland, UK)
“Thank you very much for helping me to discover the harmonious relationship between brush, paint and glass which has evaded me for so long” (Christine B., Fareham, UK)
“My warm gratitude to both of you for an extraordinary and delightful weekend of hands-on and individualized tuition. I came away bubbling with new skills, ideas and enthusiasm” (Philip E., Hertfordshire, UK)
“The techniques we covered will be a huge step in my development to further my painting skills” (Julian P., Australia)
“You guys are a great resource” (Tim S., Michigan, USA)
We feel it in our heart that teaching is essential to our work.
We teach because we want to tell you what we know. — We want our beautiful stained glass windows to survive us; we also want YOU to learn our skills.
Why?
The reason is: we want YOU to take them forward.
When you read our book, you’ll experience for yourself our skill and our love for teaching.
“Thank you for inspiring me” (Stephanie L., Oregon, USA)
Our book shows you step-by-step the wonderful techniques we use each day. You’ll use the book and copy the techniques for yourself. We know you’ll also develop them. You’ll soon see the difference our knowledge will make to how you paint glass. We even give you a rock-solid guarantee - that’s how confident we are of what we know and how we teach.
“I tried what you said and it worked like a dream” (Judy A., Texas, USA)
“The time saved using your methods is immeasurable” (Chris B., Sussex, UK)
Just read our book and see for yourself.
We can show you what we do to paint our stained glass
“… people like you who are prepared to share these secrets with others” (Ivo de C., Antwerp, Belgium)
“Until I found your site it was such a struggle!” (Stuart M., Lancashire, UK)
So because, just like us, you want to paint beautiful stained glass, read our book and see it done. See the change our book will make to how you paint.
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Don’t miss out
If you’re serious about painting beautiful stained glass, do not miss what we can teach you.
- Why make unnecessary mistakes with badly mixed paint when we can show you how the experts mix their paint? (Hint: experts don’t mix one tablespoon at a time!)
- Why fire your glass many times when we can show you how to paint glass in just one firing? (We sometimes paint 5 or more layers of paint, then fire our glass just once.)
- Why paint on just one side of the glass? (Painting on the front and back creates a magical sense of depth as we will show you.)
- Do you know how to paint on the back and front in just one firing? (Again, this is a technique which will not just save you time but also add beauty to your work.)
- Everyone says, “Paint the trace lines first”: we show you why everyone is wrong! (We show you how to paint the shadows first. Believe us, it’s astonishing. See for yourself.)
- And now ... how to paint with oil on top of unfired water-based paint. (Not even Albinus Elskus explains this in his book.)
Consider this:
Have you come across another successful stained glass studio which is willing to share its knowledge in this way?
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We guarantee it
We’re so confident that we give you a rock-solid money-back guarantee: our book can improve your glass painting in just 7 days or your money back and you keep everything (including what you’ve learned!)
If you have the authority, download our glass painting techniques and secrets today
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Williams & Byrne
Designers, Painters & Restorers of Glass
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Williams & Byrne Limited
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