PAINT POURS—THE RAGE!
Paint pours are one of the most fun, exciting things to come along in our industry in a while. It is easy, and the results are amazing.
Many people are doing this on canvas with acrylic paints, but in this industry we are going it on glass with enamel paints that can be fired.
To do one of these projects you need: paints, layering mix, little cups, stir sticks, butane torch (optional), tray for catching the paint.
https://www.stainedglassexpress.com/glass-paint-layering-mix-8-oz-.html
https://www.stainedglassexpress.com/painting-markers/colors-for-earth-glass-enamels/
Some of the terminology you will hear are as follows:
Dirty Pour. You pour/layer your paint in a cup and then set the glass on top of the cup and flip it over. Let the colors slide down and then lift the cup. So many variations. You can slide the cup around before picking it up or tilt it. After the cup is off you can blow with a straw or blow with the butane, drag something through it. You can also just kind of sling/dump the paint from the cup. Use more than one cup.
Straight pour: Paint is poured/drizzled/dropped on the surface one at a time. Then you can use the variations above.
Once the color is all over the surface you can wait a bit and then gently skin over the wet surface using an old credit card, palette, knife, fan brush etc. You can use the butane to bring up bubbles or pop air bubbles.
Other fun things are to use a colander for pouring, or a sifter to sift dry powdered color on a wet base, a slotted spoon to create patterns, funnel to create pours. Let your imagination run wild!
Many people are doing this on canvas with acrylic paints, but in this industry we are going it on glass with enamel paints that can be fired.
To do one of these projects you need: paints, layering mix, little cups, stir sticks, butane torch (optional), tray for catching the paint.
https://www.stainedglassexpress.com/glass-paint-layering-mix-8-oz-.html
https://www.stainedglassexpress.com/painting-markers/colors-for-earth-glass-enamels/
Some of the terminology you will hear are as follows:
Dirty Pour. You pour/layer your paint in a cup and then set the glass on top of the cup and flip it over. Let the colors slide down and then lift the cup. So many variations. You can slide the cup around before picking it up or tilt it. After the cup is off you can blow with a straw or blow with the butane, drag something through it. You can also just kind of sling/dump the paint from the cup. Use more than one cup.
Straight pour: Paint is poured/drizzled/dropped on the surface one at a time. Then you can use the variations above.
Once the color is all over the surface you can wait a bit and then gently skin over the wet surface using an old credit card, palette, knife, fan brush etc. You can use the butane to bring up bubbles or pop air bubbles.
Other fun things are to use a colander for pouring, or a sifter to sift dry powdered color on a wet base, a slotted spoon to create patterns, funnel to create pours. Let your imagination run wild!