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Creating stained glass is a very exciting process for both children and adults. As a rule, special stained glass paints and contours are used for stained glass. However, you can make such paints yourself. Of course, they are not suitable for painting dishes, but such stained glass windows can be used to decorate a mirror or window for the holidays and beyond. And most importantly, the ingredients for creating stained glass paint with your own hands will probably be found in your home.

Materials:


  • Food coloring, acrylic paint or gel pens.
  • Brush.
  • File.
  • PVA glue.
  • Desired drawing.

Making a vintage drawing


First, let's prepare the drawing. We print or draw the selected motif and place the sheet with the drawing under the file. To create paints, we need to choose one of the dye options: gel pens, acrylic paints or food coloring. Your choice will not affect the quality of the stained glass, only the brightness and color scheme. In this example, acrylic paints are used. Pour 2 teaspoons into a small container and squeeze out the paint. Stir the mixture. For each color we create a separate mixture, but we do it in stages. As you work and dry the paint of the previous colors.
DIY stained glass paints

DIY stained glass paints

DIY stained glass paints

Apply paint with a brush to the selected area of ​​the drawing.The paint should be applied in a thick layer, because after drying it will become much thinner. This should be taken into account to prevent deformation of the design. If the drawing you have chosen is without contours, then the principle of operation is as follows: we draw all the details of the same color, wait at least 4 hours, check whether the paint has dried and only then paint with paints of a second color and use this principle to complete the entire drawing. This method is not bad, but it will take a lot of time. With contours, things will go faster: Stage 1 we draw all the contours, wait until the paint dries completely and then paint over the details with all the other paint colors.
DIY stained glass paints

DIY stained glass paints

DIY stained glass paints

This is what the picture looks like before the paint dries:
DIY stained glass paints

And this is what it looks like after a day:
DIY stained glass paints

The finished work can be transferred to the surface of a mirror or glass. To do this, do this: carefully remove the drawing from the file and apply it to a grease-free surface with the side that was on the file.
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Comments (2)
  1. Valentina
    #1 Valentina Guests December 8, 2016 10:24
    6
    How did you draw the outline?
  2. Michael
    #2 Michael Guests 29 March 2020 20:44
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    “Pour 2 teaspoons into a small container” - WHAT? And there is no description for creating a contour!

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