Paint Flowers
on Glass
Painting on glass can sound tricky initially because most paints will chip or flake off the piece after it has dried. And finding a paint that can withstand the dishwasher or even being handwashed seems like a challenge all its own. Luckily, there are specially formulated glass paints that can be made permanent after a special bonding reaction occurs when you bake the glass piece. Painting flowers on glass is fun and yields a beautiful finished product.
Instructions
1. Make sure your glass piece is completely clean and free of oil, dust, and fingerprints.
2. Dip a paintbrush into some bake on glass paint, such as Vitrea 160. Choose a color that can be used as the base of the flower bud, like a darker red or pink. With each stroke, complete a petal on the flower. Continue creating the petals in a circular pattern, with the edges wavy and soft.
3. Add another color on top of the base bud color, this time a little lighter of a color to give the flower more depth and detail. Create as many flower buds as you wish.
4. Glide a paintbrush dipped in green paint around the buds in swirls to create vines. Add leaves to the vines by painting a small heart shape filled with leaf detail lines inside. Highlight the vines and leaves with some yellow and/or a different shade of green.
5. Set the glass piece into a cold oven and turn it on to the temperature listed on the back of the bottle. Allow the piece to bake for the amount of time listed and turn the oven off. Allow the glass piece to completely cool inside the oven before removing it.
