Glass painting is a kind of drawing painted on the inside surface of transparent glass with gum or paints for the viewers to appreciate from outside the glass.

Archaeological findings show that China has succeeded in making glass Western Zhou Dynasty (1100-771BC) to. The window has been created in Europe, was introduced to China by the Italian painter Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and quickly became popular in cities like Beijing, Tianjin, ShanghaiandGuangzhou, etc.

Early First, the window was just to decorate the building of the palace, and later developed handicrafts such as screens and lamps palace. During the reign of Emperor Qian long, the spread between the windows of ordinary people, and was particularly favored by wealthy people in coastal areas of China.

Tinted glass is a relatively new one, used in connection with any color of the liquid the color of the glass. In general, a structure used, and is filled with color. Light colors are available and colors can be mixed to obtain colors not possible with the original stained glass windows, but is less stable and should be protected from the weather.

The subject windows are numerous and range from landscapes, historical sites, birds, animals, fish and worms, flowers and exotic drinks. There are literally dozens of ways to paint on glass with oil paints on glass using traditional special colors, the demand for the dismissal of an oven.

Traditionally, glass painting referred to painting the surface of a glass pane in a stained glass project included. This kind of painting, which is closer to reality by the project, painting was to add details such as faces and folds of clothing, which could be added to the main lines. It was also to cover some parts of the glass is as light shines through organized.

In most cases, the colors of painting stained glass used is usually gray-brown and black skin color. Colors are usually water or gum arabic based, and with a brush in a method similar to watercolors applied. In most cases, these colors etched in glass in a furnace. The heat of the oven, the bear market bonds permanently with the glass.

There are different types of glass paints colorful traditional vinegar including line color, matte color, silver stain, and oil paints.

This color is dark and completely blocks the light in these areas should be used when usually the amount or terms of design. It is quite thick vinegar and water needs, is mixed, and the use of gum arabic. Gum arabic, which helps to paint the glass, typically in powder form and must be mixed with water or alcohol before use.

Vinegar line color should be applied wet on wet , meaning that it must be the brush and the glass surface is wet. You can not apply more color to a specific place where it dries, if you do that, probably, the paint flakes after baking in the oven.

Painting with colors like vinegar requires practice. The hardest part is learning to apply the right amount of color. Too much for the brush, and erase it, and too little will dry before the game is over.

After drying, the color line vinegar is often scraped or scratched with a stick or a pen. This gives texture and color depth that can not be recovered by the color alone. After preparation, the paint is baked at about 1,100 degrees Celsius. It is excellent after the fire.

Matt varnish, which uses a base or gum arabic and water or vinegar and water is easier to follow than the color applied vinegar. It can be applied more or less thick and can even be mixed and crushed or worked with a brush seconds to give an interesting texture.

Some of the artists themselves, to rub with your fingers for more unusual effects.

As there is greater transparency about the way painting vinegar has matte finish to the identification rule applies color. Often, two dismissals are necessary, a monitoring and a second color for the matte varnish.

Matte Painting is most often used to complement the background and add shadows. Only vinegar color, color selection is somewhat limited, mostly black, brown, blue and green.

Stains Silver, which has shades of red, yellow and orange, his name is on the presence of silver nitrate for the project is available. After the shooting, is gold, not silver. It is painted in contrast, change color to wash the glass, not just for him with a black line.

The spots of money does not flow very well from the brush, but usually used for accent colors) Add (and the exact lines are not a big problem. It is often applied to the other side of the glass of vinegar and track matte colors, and can be dismissed, face down, with the silver stain was placed on the shelf of the oven.

Since the spots are printed in silver around 1000 to 1100 degrees Celsius, which can be released simultaneously, as the colors of stained glass.

In contrast with the colors of glass, silver and dark spots to grow deeper with every shot.

The advantages of oil paintings of glass that come in various colors that are easier to use and performed by the general conditions of the atmosphere. The biggest drawback of these tables is that they are less consistent in applying the rules, although the colors are like the colors are mixed with regular oil, mix well and not always easy and sometimes heat unevenly.

Oil colors, a base oil of turpentine, are generally at a temperature slightly lower than the colors based on water used from. They tend to break if they burn higher temperatures.

It is possible to paint on glass with paints made for painting on different surfaces. You only need painting and the desire to experiment. It can work with oil paints and acrylic paints, as generally available alternatives, such as color or the color of the car model.

These colors may be brushed by hand, but often airbrush gives better quality results. The advantages of this approach to painting glass is that the colors are easy to find, relatively cheap and can be mixed in almost any color. Furthermore, no heater is required even if the fire can help in a dry kiln, oil paints and better quality.

The disadvantage is that because the oven is not used to secure permanent color on the color of the other glass surfaces tend to peel or chip when used on glass.

To counter this trend and increase the lifetime of painting, should focus on preparing the surface beneath the surface of the glass. Sandblasting, if possible. At least a rough surface with sandpaper wet / dry. Roughing the surface and thus maintains the color adhere better and longer. The application of paint to airbrush instead of the hand, tends to yield better results.

In this approach, the artist begins with a clear glass plate, glass becomes a model that is real stained glass.
Sometimes practitioners of this style is still integrated seem out leaded stained glass or weld lines.
In general, people who disapprove of such windows of stained glass.

These are the colors, but have the advantage, specially designed for painting on glass. They come in two versions dry: air-cured and oven.

How can suggest names, air-dried glass paints are applied straight and then left to dry (drying takes about eight hours). These colors are used more for decorative surfaces that are not very processed. In most cases, it can stand alone, in light wash with cold water, and are not suitable areas for storage of food or items processed.

Four colors healed a little more durable. Require the use of a conventional kitchen oven in the glass at about 300 to 400 degree Celsius heat. This is hot enough to bond the color of the glass and keep better than glass, not all heat-set, but the temperature is not hot enough to melt permanently.

While traditional stained glass painting is probably the most common type of painting on glass, glass painting with enamels were very popular in recent years. The color palette is very wide and the ability to combine colors, meaning that an almost unlimited palette is available.

These colors , colors of the traditional art of stained glass and in fact, the glass particles with relatively low melting point, is available in transparent and opaque. Their application, and then click the pot of hot oven.

The glass-mail is tiny particles of glass, caution must be taken to ensure they are compatible with stand-painted glass. As with any lead glass, is incompatible with enamel cracks and poor adhesion.

Should be avoided, even if the use of enamel, glass particles that are inhaled. A mask or respirator is recommended to avoid this situation, as the inhalation of fine glass can silicosis, lead to serious and potentially fatal lung diseases.