Painting on Glass

• Our goal for this workshop
• What we do in this workshop
• About our classroom and equipment
• Other workshop information
• To sign up or get you name on our interest list for this workshop

Goal of this workshop

Is to teach you how to do traditional glass painting on glass. The type of paint we use is a permanent paint that is fired on to the glass in a kiln at around 1100 degrees F.

A few of the things we do in these workshops

First Monday Evening

• History
  • stained glass
  • chemistry/physics/composition
  • tools
  • kilns
• Techniques
  • tracery
  • stenciling
  • mixing paints
  • brushes
  • preview of metting, stipeling, and shading
  • firing
• Projects (keep it simple)
  • tracery and shading only
  • flowers and leaves
  • heraldry motifs
  • simple hands and faces
  • suggested practice techniques: squares, cubes, triangles, cylinders and spheres

Second Monday Evening

• Matting - Black
  • shading
  • stipeling
  • brushes

Third Monday Evening

• Matting - Bistre Brown
  • shading
  • stipeling
  • brushes

Our classroom and equipment

Our classroom and workshop area has, perhaps, the latest and most complete setup available anywhere. Each student has a well lit, comfortable work area, with plenty of room for working. We have plenty of kilns to fire as many projects as you have time to make.

• Materials you need
  • preferably bring your own cut glass
  • brushes
  • Beginning paint kit
  • sandblasted pallet
  • hand rest
  • Recommended reading: Painting on Glass by Albinus Elskus
  • Many students elect to purchase the beginning Painting Kit $59.
• Provided by Sundance
  • basic brush
  • liner paint
  • light table
  • paper towels
  • glass cleaner
  • kiln

Most of our students are from out of town. There are nice affordable accommodations close by. We can shuttle you from and to the San Jose Airport and close by Motels.

Other workshop information

This workshop is an evening workshop, on Monday from 6:30 pm until 9:00pm, lasting for three sessions. The cost for this workshop is $75. Click BACK to find the current workshop dates.

Sign up

The fastest way to sign up or to add your name to our interest list (we will keep you up to date on this class) CALL us right now at 831-457-2345