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More Aloe Vera Painting on glass

The photo above shows my artwork on the right that I drew on the iPad and printed out. I placed it under a clear piece of glass 5x6 and began to paint with white glass line paint and filled in with aloe Vera gel paint I made using aloe Vera gel as a medium for the glass powder.

The photo above shows the finished piece before fusing.

The photo above shows after firing. The white glassliner paint worked out well. The yellow powder paint could have been slightly brighter but this nice watercolor effect is subtle and acceptable over the black. The red powder paint got lost so use brighter and lighter colors over black. Also I figured out the red disappeared because I forgot it was a transparent red. Only use opaque glass over black. Dah! I did do some shading with black and white powders over the yellow but a lot of the black was just show through from the base glass. Also don't use the glassliner paint over the powder paint even if you let it dry thoroughly. It will fire rough and pitted and will not be as shiny or smooth as the powder paints. I think I will try the powder paint with the metal tips I use for the glassliner paint and see if that works better for drawing and outlining. Overall I think this experiment was successful and I will keep trying to perfect my technique.

 

 

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Fused glass pendants

Fused Glass Cabochons

These are some beginner cabochons I made from scrap glass. Most of these turned out OK. Some I used white pre made dots for embellishments. The second from the top left I used clear frit in the center crevice. The lower left one I used fuseable paint between layers and it caused the bubbles to form. Not what I had in mind. In the next photo I tried the paints again and put them on the top layer with better success. I think if You want the paints in the middle you would need to pre fuse the paint on the first layer then add the second layer and then full fuse everything to eliminate bubbles. The right bottom one had clear frit chunks on the purple area but they sunk in and disappeared. Lessons were learned on these.

Fused glass cabochons

These cabachons were more experiments. The glass painted ones were painted on the top clear layer over the opaque glass. The right top one is painted directly on the opaque glass. No clear cap, just clear on bottom. The second one on top has clear cap with paint on top of clear. The far left top is clear bottom layer, middle chunks of black, red, and dichroic, top layer clear again. The bottom row could be earrings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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