I really enjoyed your teaching style and will definitely watch more of your videos. I would love to watch an indepth video on theory of firing and schedules for the kiln. Thank you Derek.
Great suggestion Magd Abdel Rahman! Thank you and I'm planning more videos on glass painting so make sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for all the latest videos :)
Wonderful! I learned from a British-trained guy and the bold trace lines delight me still! Can you talk about when to use umber, sepia, violet of iron etc?
Hi, that's a good question and I may look at covering these paints in a future video. This one is a basic intro to using the paints and the brushes. Please keep your suggestions coming as I will make more videos if there is a demand :-)
Very informative. Thank you. I paint porcelain and also work with stained glass / fused glass. My question is, at what temperature do you fire these painted pieces? Would love to combine the paint with my glass projects. Cheers!
Hi Jeri, so glad you found the tutorial helpful. You can learn much more about glass painting on my online course by registering your interest here www.DerekHuntArtist.com
Hi Derek, thank you for all the knowledge you've imparted in all your videos. The one thing I haven't come across anywhere is concerning cleaning up after and during. What if you are working with two different colors at a time. Is rinsing in water enough? Most likely. Thanks.
Hi Jeffrey, I tend to clean my brushes with just water, if they have been used for painting with a water/gum Arabic mixture. However, I have to shampoo the brushes if they have been used with an oil medium. I will be making a video on how to look after your brushes :)
Love your videos thanks! I have microwave oven kilns and am hoping to adapt some of your techniques to this fusing style . Does the paint have to attain a certain temperature to stick? What happens if the fusing temperatures are too hot or too cold?
Hi Sylvia, haven’t used a microwave oven kiln so can’t advise. Regarding temperatures, it’s important the glass paint reaches firing temperature as recommended by the manufactures. You can use paint with fused glass, if you double plate the painted area and put it behind the fused glass. Hope that helps. Best wishes, Derek
Hello Derek Thank you so much for these amazing videos. I am seriously considering signing up for your course when I have all the supplies ready! i was wondering what type of clear glass you are using for this painting, that can be kiln fired and where might i buy some? Thanks so much I have always wanted to paint on glass like this!
Wonderful video. I'm looking forward to more. Will you be working with glycol or oils? I have used oil with silver stain and it seems easier to apply and shade. Thanks again.
Hi Katharine, glad you liked this video. I have another video on my channel showing glass painting with oils and a dipping pen. I do use propylene glycol quite a lot and may make a video about that too. Like your tip about using glycol in stain, must try that 👍🏼
@@DerekHuntArtist Actually, I have used the lavender oil and clove oil with the stain. Haven't used glycol with stain but I'm sure it would work as well. It just doesn't dry up and gives lots of time to shade etc.
@@DerekHuntArtist so. What if I don't have a $100 badger brush? I have a super soft 3" squirrel brush and a round goat hair brush. both are super soft.
@@josephflahiff5236 that’s ok, I would encourage you to use what’s at hand to smooth out your paint layers. At the end of the day it’s all about mark making, so in theory you can make marks with anything - sponges, fingers, sticks, tooth brushes , dipping pens, the list goes on…. Badger brushes have a softness to the hair which helps reduce the streaking effect you can get with many brushes, so they are worth investing in if you want to develop your traditional painting techniques. Hope that helps 🙂
Brilliant video as always 😀 Am I understanding this right? Trace -> Fire… Shade -> Fire… Shadow -> Fire etc. All using water and no oils or glycols? Cheers mister ✌️
Thank you for your videos. I’m just getting started, still gathering tools and equipment. I’ve always been fascinated by stained glass, all glass really. There’s just something about it. I am curious if you have any advice about alternatives to animal hair brushes? I noticed you have some synthetic brushes in your Amazon shop and thought I’d ask, thanks again for such inspiring content!
Hi Derek. I'm having difficulty finding any info on painting with enamels. I'm thinking they will give me some extra flexibility with my creations since I'm not inclined to work with flashed glass and acid. Will you be doing anything in this area? Thanks very much.
Thanks for this it is great. I just found your channel and wanted to know about the badger brush. They are not available here in Ireland, badgers are protected here . In the US and UK the price is huge and usually the cost of shipping to here is more than the price of the item. I did find some affordable old style 100% Badger hair shaving brushes. They are not flat, would one work for this kind of painting?
Hi Vonny, Any badger hair brush is a possibility, you'll have to experiment to find what works best for you. Have you tried PELI glass suppliers in the Netherlands for brushes? Here's their link www.peliglass.eu/glasspaintingbrushes/ Let me know how you get on :)
650 centigrade for paint and 620 centigrade for yellow stain. Fire straight up to full temperature and hold for 5 minutes then switch off kiln and let it cool down naturally 🙂
There are different glass colours to choose from, depending on what suppliers stock. I prefer to use handmade antique glass like Lamberts from Germany. 🙂
Could I ask you.. do the Reusche colours mix well together before application or are they best kept as separate layers? Are they unpredictable if mixed together? (I’m more used to watercolour/ oil paint). Haven’t had much of a chance to experiment yet and they’re expensive 😅 Really great video. 👍🏻
Hi Geraldine, the glass paints are mixable within their own range. Basically the colours are blacks, browns, and green/grey. They are not mixable with enamels or stains as they all have different firing temperatures. Hope that helps :-)
@@DerekHuntArtist Completely puzzled but grateful for your reply. 🤦🏻♀️😂 I bought some opaque colours by Reusche from Pearson’s Glass and Creative Glass Guild all with the same firing temperature and also some transparents with a lower firing temperature. 🤔 Blues, greens and orange, as well as the black and browns.
@@geraldine5102 it sounds like you have quite a range of pigments, some opaque and some transparent. I would suggest firing them separately starting with the highest temperature ones first and working down, then you have a better chance of a good outcome ( and potentially less expensive if it doesn’t work) . Sometimes studios do fire vitreous pigments with silver stain in one firing , but it is risky as the stain can discolour. However, you may wish to experiment by combining small amounts of each of them all together in one firing to see what happens. Hope that helps 🙂
Hi Derek ¿how are you? thank you for share your knowledge. I wonder if you can help me to figure out a technique wich is paint with soot on glass. If you can help me i'll send you the information, than you anyway.
Hello Derek, thanks for answer me. ¿Can i send you some images about the technique i told about so you can think with me and maybe figure out how its done that effect? @@DerekHuntArtist
There are two methods you can use to tell the tinned side of float glass. The first is the water droplet test. Look on UA-cam and see how to do it. The second method is to buy a UV light designed to be used with glass. You can buy them on eBay. Coloured glass doesn’t have a tinned side so you can paint on either side, but if it is textured you should paint on the non-textured side. Hope that helps 🙏🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist yes thank you 🥰✌ı'm good, I hope you re very well 🙏 I still working drawing and writing for my thesis project and t one week two days my ceramic courses continue in North Agaaen Sea I teaching ceramic , pottery with wheel ..some times sculpture ...
9:17 another stupid question … i cleaned my glass with soap dishes under water. Rinsed well. And when applied the tracing…it was horrible. I then used 55% alcohol. Now it works. Just find strange that there was still soap on the glass. Or maybe it just a question of Vanderwall forces (promoting the surface tension of the glass…?
Clove Oil mixed with lavender oil is used with a dipping pen, however water and gum Arabic are used most of the time to paint on glass. There are a number of other mixing mediums you can use besides oil, or water, including white vinegar, polyline glycol or Reusche Oil medium
This is supremely helpful. Thank you ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial ... many thanks for sharing. I do stained glass but have not painted on glass as of yet. Thank you.
I really enjoyed your teaching style and will definitely watch more of your videos. I would love to watch an indepth video on theory of firing and schedules for the kiln.
Thank you Derek.
Hi Tracy, glad you enjoyed the tutorial 🙏🙂
Thank you very much! I would love to watch more videos about painting on glass, and your teaching style is excellent.
Awesome! Would be great if you subscribe to my channel, you’ll find lots of inspirational videos and tutorials on all things stained glass! 🙂
College level instruction. Every video Derek makes is a masterclass of expertise and example. Thank you Derek!
Hi Jason, it’s so nice to receive feedback from you, thank you. 🙏🙂
This is great (as usual). I'm building up the courage to have a go ☺️ Thanks for sharing your skills.
Go for it!
Thanks for this wonderful video
Thank you 🙂
I served an apprenticeship many years ago at a commercial studio. Learning to paint glass would be a fine way to round out my abilities. Thanks!
You’re welcome 🙂🙏
Thankyou for sharing Derek this is not something I was aware of before 😊
You are welcome!🙏🙂
Thanks for this great video.
You're very welcome Mark :-)
Liked very much, just started painting it extremely helpfull
Awesome Cheryl! Glad you liked the video :)
Love your tutorials!
So glad you find them useful 🙏🙂
Gracias Dereck
You’re welcome 🙏🙂
Thanks Derek, it's always a joy to watch ....... keep them coming....
Hey Mark nice to see you, hope you’re all good down under (eh, that didn’t come out right !😆)
@@DerekHuntArtist OH ERR MISSUS !!!
@@markhoward4999 🤣
Awesome!!!
Glad it was helpful 🙂
very helpful series. I am learning a technique of portraiture with Tim Carey and this is useful to understanding brushes and mixing paint
Great to hear these videos are helpful to you Stefani. Tim Carey is a great artist, hope you learn lots of great things 🙂
Thank You great video ............ Thanks also for listing resources
You're very welcome Chris, glad it was helpful :)
thanks
thanks for sharing, congrats...
You’re welcome 🙂
Next week I will give this a go to get my feet wet, thanks Derek!
Awesome! Let me know how it goes🙂
This is a great tutorial . I wish you post a video on painting with colors that you mix with a special oil
Great suggestion Magd Abdel Rahman! Thank you and I'm planning more videos on glass painting so make sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for all the latest videos :)
Wonderful! I learned from a British-trained guy and the bold trace lines delight me still! Can you talk about when to use umber, sepia, violet of iron etc?
Hi, that's a good question and I may look at covering these paints in a future video. This one is a basic intro to using the paints and the brushes. Please keep your suggestions coming as I will make more videos if there is a demand :-)
Thank you ❤👌🥰
You're welcome
Derek, these are great videos, so clear, and concise.... and inspiring! Thanks so much. I'm often sharing them.
So encouraging to hear that Jane, and thank you for your interest and also for sharing them with others who may find them helpful. Best wishes, Derek
Very informative. Thank you. I paint porcelain and also work with stained glass / fused glass. My question is, at what temperature do you fire these painted pieces? Would love to combine the paint with my glass projects. Cheers!
Hi Jeri, so glad you found the tutorial helpful. You can learn much more about glass painting on my online course by registering your interest here www.DerekHuntArtist.com
Hi Derek, thank you for all the knowledge you've imparted in all your videos. The one thing I haven't come across anywhere is concerning cleaning up after and during. What if you are working with two different colors at a time. Is rinsing in water enough? Most likely. Thanks.
Hi Jeffrey, I tend to clean my brushes with just water, if they have been used for painting with a water/gum Arabic mixture. However, I have to shampoo the brushes if they have been used with an oil medium. I will be making a video on how to look after your brushes :)
Love your videos thanks! I have microwave oven kilns and am hoping to adapt some of your techniques to this fusing style . Does the paint have to attain a certain temperature to stick? What happens if the fusing temperatures are too hot or too cold?
Hi Sylvia, haven’t used a microwave oven kiln so can’t advise. Regarding temperatures, it’s important the glass paint reaches firing temperature as recommended by the manufactures. You can use paint with fused glass, if you double plate the painted area and put it behind the fused glass. Hope that helps. Best wishes, Derek
Truly enjoying your videos! How do you clean the brushes, especially the badger, if using an oil to mix the paints?
Hi Eva, I use separate brushes for oil painting and clean them with mild soap and water or shampoo. 🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist thank you, Derek! I imagined you had separate brushes for oil & water.
Would love to know why the needle in an old brush:)
Hello Derek Thank you so much for these amazing videos. I am seriously considering signing up for your course when I have all the supplies ready! i was wondering what type of clear glass you are using for this painting, that can be kiln fired and where might i buy some? Thanks so much I have always wanted to paint on glass like this!
Hi Thomas, I am using float glass which can be bought from any glass suppliers - its the cheapest glass type available and great for practicing on!
Thanks so much!! So excited to get started
Wonderful video. I'm looking forward to more. Will you be working with glycol or oils? I have used oil with silver stain and it seems easier to apply and shade. Thanks again.
Hi Katharine, glad you liked this video. I have another video on my channel showing glass painting with oils and a dipping pen. I do use propylene glycol quite a lot and may make a video about that too. Like your tip about using glycol in stain, must try that 👍🏼
@@DerekHuntArtist Actually, I have used the lavender oil and clove oil with the stain. Haven't used glycol with stain but I'm sure it would work as well. It just doesn't dry up and gives lots of time to shade etc.
@@katharinemcewen1417 would love to see your work, do you have a link?
I'd love a whole video just on badgering...
Thanks for your suggestion !
@@DerekHuntArtist so. What if I don't have a $100 badger brush? I have a super soft 3" squirrel brush and a round goat hair brush. both are super soft.
@@josephflahiff5236 that’s ok, I would encourage you to use what’s at hand to smooth out your paint layers. At the end of the day it’s all about mark making, so in theory you can make marks with anything - sponges, fingers, sticks, tooth brushes , dipping pens, the list goes on…. Badger brushes have a softness to the hair which helps reduce the streaking effect you can get with many brushes, so they are worth investing in if you want to develop your traditional painting techniques. Hope that helps 🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist Once again, thanks so much for your insights and advice. I appreciate your time and desire to spread knowledge.
This is so fantastic! Could I fire this with a small table top kiln? Would that work? Dont want to make a big investment until I know more.
Hi Regina, as long as you can achieve a good firing temperature of around 650 c you should be able to fire the paint onto the glass surface. :)
Brilliant video as always 😀 Am I understanding this right? Trace -> Fire… Shade -> Fire… Shadow -> Fire etc. All using water and no oils or glycols? Cheers mister ✌️
Yes that’s right 👍🏼🙂
Thank you for your videos. I’m just getting started, still gathering tools and equipment. I’ve always been fascinated by stained glass, all glass really. There’s just something about it. I am curious if you have any advice about alternatives to animal hair brushes? I noticed you have some synthetic brushes in your Amazon shop and thought I’d ask, thanks again for such inspiring content!
Hi Bob, I have been asked before about alternatives to badger hair brushes, but I can't really recommend anything else as I only use them in my work.
Thanks for the reply!
@@SaintBob no worries
Hi Derek. I'm having difficulty finding any info on painting with enamels. I'm thinking they will give me some extra flexibility with my creations since I'm not inclined to work with flashed glass and acid. Will you be doing anything in this area? Thanks very much.
Hi Katharine, I’m researching enamels at the moment with a view to doing a tutorial soon. Best wishes, Derek
1:45 Wissembourg…😊
Indeed !
Plesse explain a little more about how it applies to fuse glass projects. I use colorline enamel which is not as forgiving.
I generally work with stained glass rather than fused glass enamels, so I don’t have any experience to share with you 🙂
@@DerekHuntArtistAlso, wondering if the color stays on with regular drying?
The glass paints have to be fired in a kiln to 650 degrees centigrade to make them permanent. :-)
@@DerekHuntArtist Thank you. This means artwork can be applied after the piece has been full fused as desired and then tack fused to 1200F (650c). 😍
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Thanks for this it is great. I just found your channel and wanted to know about the badger brush. They are not available here in Ireland, badgers are protected here . In the US and UK the price is huge and usually the cost of shipping to here is more than the price of the item. I did find some affordable old style 100% Badger hair shaving brushes. They are not flat, would one work for this kind of painting?
Hi Vonny,
Any badger hair brush is a possibility, you'll have to experiment to find what works best for you. Have you tried PELI glass suppliers in the Netherlands for brushes? Here's their link www.peliglass.eu/glasspaintingbrushes/
Let me know how you get on :)
@@DerekHuntArtist Thank you so much Derek. I will check out peliglass.
Could you please demonstrate how the stained glass windows on Titanic were made?
I’m not familiar with the windows on the Titanic
Cual es la programación del horno. A qué temperatura lo fundes al vidrio?
650 centigrade for paint and 620 centigrade for yellow stain. Fire straight up to full temperature and hold for 5 minutes then switch off kiln and let it cool down naturally 🙂
Spectrum sir.. what are the colors used in painting on the glass
There are different glass colours to choose from, depending on what suppliers stock. I prefer to use handmade antique glass like Lamberts from Germany. 🙂
Quick reminder, you can book your place for my glass painting and stained glass courses by going to my web site
www.limelightstudios.co.uk/courses
Could I ask you.. do the Reusche colours mix well together before application or are they best kept as separate layers? Are they unpredictable if mixed together? (I’m more used to watercolour/ oil paint).
Haven’t had much of a chance to experiment yet and they’re expensive 😅
Really great video. 👍🏻
Hi Geraldine, the glass paints are mixable within their own range. Basically the colours are blacks, browns, and green/grey. They are not mixable with enamels or stains as they all have different firing temperatures. Hope that helps :-)
@@DerekHuntArtist Completely puzzled but grateful for your reply. 🤦🏻♀️😂
I bought some opaque colours by Reusche from Pearson’s Glass and Creative Glass Guild all with the same firing temperature and also some transparents with a lower firing temperature. 🤔 Blues, greens and orange, as well as the black and browns.
@@geraldine5102 it sounds like you have quite a range of pigments, some opaque and some transparent. I would suggest firing them separately starting with the highest temperature ones first and working down, then you have a better chance of a good outcome ( and potentially less expensive if it doesn’t work) . Sometimes studios do fire vitreous pigments with silver stain in one firing , but it is risky as the stain can discolour. However, you may wish to experiment by combining small amounts of each of them all together in one firing to see what happens. Hope that helps 🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist Thanks Derek. A looong road ahead! 😅
Hi Derek ¿how are you? thank you for share your knowledge. I wonder if you can help me to figure out a technique wich is paint with soot on glass. If you can help me i'll send you the information, than you anyway.
Unfortunately I am not familiar with that method
Hello Derek, thanks for answer me. ¿Can i send you some images about the technique i told about so you can think with me and maybe figure out how its done that effect? @@DerekHuntArtist
Hola me podrían ayudar como diferenciar la cara del vidrio donde debo pintar? Gracias
There are two methods you can use to tell the tinned side of float glass. The first is the water droplet test. Look on UA-cam and see how to do it. The second method is to buy a UV light designed to be used with glass. You can buy them on eBay. Coloured glass doesn’t have a tinned side so you can paint on either side, but if it is textured you should paint on the non-textured side. Hope that helps 🙏🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist Muchas gracias voy a buscar el video y voy comprar el linterna UV.
You’re welcome 🙏🙂
Halal painting😁hello to UK I missing so London..
Hi Nilay, hope you are well. :)
@@DerekHuntArtist yes thank you 🥰✌ı'm good, I hope you re very well 🙏 I still working drawing and writing for my thesis project and t one week two days my ceramic courses continue in North Agaaen Sea I teaching ceramic , pottery with wheel ..some times sculpture ...
@@ElmasHak awesome!
You probably have said it elsewhere but I haven't seen it yet.. What do you wash the brushes, with... just ordinary soap and water?
Try cleaning your brushes with shampoo - it’s a soft detergent good for badger brushes etc 🙏🙂
Thanks! @@DerekHuntArtist 🤗
@@NutriGenicsClinic you’re welcome! 🙏🙂
Sir , stupid question . Why do we use sandblasted / etch glass for mixing the paint on?
Course surface helps with grinding powder paints down
@@DerekHuntArtist sorry for asking. You talked about it in another video.
9:17 another stupid question … i cleaned my glass with soap dishes under water. Rinsed well. And when applied the tracing…it was horrible. I then used 55% alcohol. Now it works. Just find strange that there was still soap on the glass. Or maybe it just a question of Vanderwall forces (promoting the surface tension of the glass…?
Possibly your soap has added perfumes and lanolin’s which can leave a deposit even after cleaning. Best thing to clean glass is vinegar 🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist very good point about the other ingredients. Indeed: vinegar.
Do you have Instagram?
Yes, I'm on most platforms, just search for @DerekHuntArtist and you'll find me :)
Nearly left because the prelude is soooo long.
I hear ya!
So. In the last video you used clove and lavender oil. Now you have just used water. So..which when?
Clove Oil mixed with lavender oil is used with a dipping pen, however water and gum Arabic are used most of the time to paint on glass. There are a number of other mixing mediums you can use besides oil, or water, including white vinegar, polyline glycol or Reusche Oil medium
@@DerekHuntArtist aaaah. Thanks so much. That makes sense.
SUPER Helpful! 👌 thanks so much for making these