Supplies:
- Gallery Glass in a variety of different colors.
- Tulip Puffy Paint. You can also use the leaded Gallery Glass or other brands of puffy paint as long as they hold their shape after they dry.
- Glass or acrylic surface to make design on. This can be a picture frame, pre cut acrylic shapes, and other similar items.
- Printed outline to follow. Make sure it is the correct size for your piece before printing.
- You can find my light house design and more here.
Steps:
1. Size your design accordingly, then print it out.
2. Place your acrylic or glass piece over your design, and start tracing the outlines with your puffy paint or leaded Gallery Glass.
3. Allow the outlines to fully dry. I like to wait over night to be sure they are fully dry. If your piece does not have a frame, then I also like to outline the edges of the glass or acrylic. I also recommend first squeezing your bottle on a scrap piece of paper before applying it to your piece, because it might not come out evenly at first.
4. Apply the different colors of Gallery Glass inside your outlines. If you want it more transparent, then do not apply the Gallery Glass as thick. The thinner you apply the Gallery Glass the easier it will be to see your strokes. Try to pop all bubbles you might get. Once it dries you can add more if you do not want it as transparent. Once you think you are finished, I recommend lifting your piece up to allow the light to show you any areas you might have missed especially by the edges.
5. Wait for the Gallery Glass to fully dry. I like to wait over night depending how big the piece is and how thick you applied the Gallery Glass.
6. Add any touch up you may need, then hang up your piece in a window and enjoy seeing the light shine through it.
This is a much easier alternative to working with real stain glass. It is also a lot cheaper. It still allows the sun to shine through it beautifully. Just be careful if something scratches your piece it can be scraped off easily. If it might get bumped and scratched easily, then you might want to add another piece of glass or acrylic on top of your design to help protect it. Most picture frames with no backing tend to come with two pieces of glass so that you can do this.
Next time I would put the light house on the same piece of glass as the sunset unless your two pieces of glass will have a nice gap between them.
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