How To Do Painting On Glass

Type Most of the best paint for glass for DIY and craft use is water-based acrylic.

How to do painting on glass. Use hot and soapy water in combination with a clean cotton cloth. First print out the image you want to paint. Clean The Glass Surface.

There are lots of ways to paint glass with acrylic paint. Second glass is fragile. First unless the glass surface is frosted the surface is very slick and virtually has no tooth for the paint to grab onto.

First you can glue you painting onto a sheet of glass using good glass glue and then hang it with suction cups as seen in step 8. There are a couple of steps to do this. Stick this piece of paper on the side of the glass you are not painting.

To paint small polka dots on your glass use the brush handle or a stylus. When painting dots carefully set the tool straight down straight and lift straight up. For this jar the paint is swirled inside the bottom of the jar.

Once your image is secured start tracing it on the glass using a black permanent marker. Try loading the tool touching the surface carefully twisting in a circular motion then lifting to remove. Yes the base layer will help but its not going to do the entire job.

Use the outline you drew as a guide. Whether its a sheet of glass or dinnerware it should be able to withstand the heat in this method without shattering. If lifted at an angle painted dots will smear.