If you want to paint wine glasses for yourself or as a gift, for a wedding or a theme party, rest assured that you will get great pleasure from creativity - because it is done easily, quickly and inexpensively.
Before you begin the step-by-step master class on painting glasses with your own hands, you need to decide on the future design of your wine glasses, so we invite you to get inspired and get original ideas for “glass” decor in the next chapter.
Painting glasses and wine glasses can vary in drawing technique, degree of complexity, use of materials and, of course, subject matter.
Master class No. 1: Confetti style glasses
Wine glasses decorated with small peas look very festive and can be either elegant, as in the photo below, or cheerful, multi-colored. The circles are associated with champagne bubbles or bright confetti.
Difficulty level: very simple.
What you will need: acrylic or contour paints for glass and ceramics; regular nail polish is also suitable (but acrylic paints are much more durable) or a special marker for painting dishes. To degrease the wine glasses, prepare nail polish remover, degreaser or alcohol, for drawing - cotton swabs, a pencil with an eraser at the end or a small hard synthetic brush, and to correct the drawing - cotton pads and swabs.
Painting technique:
- Wash and degrease the glass thoroughly with alcohol or another product using cotton pads or a napkin.
- Now you can start drawing circles. Squeeze a little paint into a small container or just onto foil (paper, file).
Turn the glass over and start placing dots from top to bottom, maintaining the same interval between them. You can draw points as in this master class, that is, starting from large to small, gradually increasing the distance between them. Otherwise, the dots can be the same size, different in color, and they can also form a pattern or pattern (point to point or pique technique), and also slightly overlap each other.
Advice:
- It is convenient to place large dots with a pencil eraser, and small ones with a brush or a cotton swab with a pointed end, as in the photo below (scroll through).
- It is better to maintain a distance of about 2 cm from the edge of the glass to the drawing, especially if the paint is toxic.
- If you draw with contours, then first you need to practice placing small, medium and large dots on paper at the same distance from each other and with the same degree of pressure on the tube.
- Now you need to let the paint dry. Drying methods largely depend on the paint; usually the manufacturer specifies drying time and firing instructions.
- As a rule, painting with acrylic paints or contours requires firing if you want to use the glasses frequently and wash them in the dishwasher. To do this, you need to put the glasses in the oven at a temperature of 150-170 degrees for 30 minutes, and then turn off the oven and, without removing the glasses from it, let them cool naturally;
- The markers dry for 24 hours and do not need to be fired;
- Nail polish dries quickly, but the design will not last long, so this option is not suitable for decorating gift or wedding glasses that you want to keep as a keepsake. But you can’t find better paint for themed parties.
Here are other ideas for painting glasses with multi-colored polka dots that will decorate any fun party (scroll the photo to the right).
Gold, silver, and white polka dots are more suitable for decorating wedding glasses.
By the way, circles can be not only drawn, but also glued. You can buy vinyl self-adhesive paper of the desired color and cut out circles from it using a hole punch or special scissors, and then carefully glue them onto the glass. The photo below shows glasses decorated in this way.
Master class No. 2: Artistic painting of glasses
In this master class we will turn glasses into flowers, because its stem is so similar to a stem, and its bowl is like a bud.
Difficulty level: average.
What you will need: any degreaser, cotton pads and cotton swabs for degreasing and pattern correction. And for painting, prepare synthetic art brushes of different sizes, a plastic plate or palette for mixing paints, as well as acrylic paints for glass and ceramics. If you wish, you can complement the drawing with contour and stained glass paints, markers and glitter.
Drawing technique:
- Degrease the surface;
- Mix paints on a plate or palette, achieving the desired shades. In order to make the color pastel and delicate, colored paint is mixed with white;
- Now we need to draw the stamens: we put dots with a narrow small brush or a cotton swab with a pointed end. Pollen color can be black, yellow or orange. In our master class, we use yellow to paint the stamens of the lilac Italian aster and black for the sunflowers.
Next, drawing the flower will be layered, so you need to wait until the drawn stamens dry. You can dry them naturally, leaving them for 2 hours, or bake them in the oven at 150-170 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Once the drawn pollen has dried, you need to draw the petals as shown in the photo below. If desired, draw details - veins and color nuances. Then you need to let the paint dry (see step 3).
- The last step is to paint the peduncle and stem in green and bake our glass flower again, but now for 30 minutes - and then the paint will not “come off” from the glass for a very long time.
Well, that's all, the decor of wedding, gift or holiday glasses is finished.
In the photo below you can find other interesting painting ideas with floral and plant motifs (scroll through).
And here are examples of painting on glass with peacock feathers.
The theme of flora and fauna is also very popular.
Glasses for festive serving of themed parties can be decorated brightly and funny.
Glasses as a gift or for a wedding can be additionally decorated with rhinestones, feathers, pearls, sparkles, ribbons and other decor.
Other methods and secrets of glass painting: how to dry a glass with a painted stem and use a stencil or sketch
- If you want to completely paint the base of the wine glass, that is, paint its bottom as well, then you need to dry it hanging or carefully placing it on a homemade structure made of paper and four buttons as in the photo below.
- It is easier to do glass painting using a background sketch, drawn with your own hands or printed in the required size on a printer. You can also use a drawing on a napkin. The paper with the image must be placed on the bottom of the wine glass, aligned and glued with tape as shown in the photo.
Stencils will also help you paint on glass with your own hands. To do this you need:
- Draw them yourself or print a picture from the Internet and then cut them out with a stationery knife;
- Buy ready-made stencils at a craft store that are very easy to stick and peel off;
VASE MASTER BO
Fabric, genuine leather, hemp twine, watermelon seeds, millet, oats, cilantro seeds, semolina, shells, eggshells, cumin,
dill seeds, pine cones, white rice, acorn caps, maize
VASE, ø8×15.5 cm
Ingredients: Fabric, genuine leather, hemp twine, watermelon seeds, millet, oats, cilantro seeds, semolina, shells, eggshells, caraway seeds, dill seeds, pine cones, white rice, acorn caps, maize.
Base of the vase: plastic perfume packaging.
Additionally: black gel pen, transparent Moment glue, matches or lighter.
Selection of materials
A very important moment! It is necessary to select materials in such a way that they are combined with each other. The composition of the “Master Bo” vase is described above, on which we will rely. But you can come up with your own composition by adding or removing some components.
Main group - in this group, materials occupy most of the surface of the work: white fabric, natural or artificial leather, hemp twine.
Auxiliary group - additional elements with which you can give the vase a neater look and fill open spaces. Also, with the help of auxiliary materials, you can set the mood of the vase, diversify the color scheme, add zest to the work: watermelon seeds, millet, oats, cilantro seeds, semolina, shells, eggshells, caraway seeds, dill seeds, pine cones, white rice, acorn caps , maize
It is necessary to cut pieces of different shapes from white fabric; it is desirable that each piece has at least three clearly defined angles. Each cut piece must be burned along the edge until darkened (from brown to black), and then crushed in your hands so that excess ash falls off.
Next, we cut out pieces of different shapes and sizes from leather, preferably natural, and melt their edges. At this stage of work, it is important to take into account that the skin begins to curl at high temperatures, so it cannot be heated for a long time. Each melted piece must be smoothed out with your fingers, pulling the edges on all sides.
When you have prepared the different pieces, you can start gluing them onto the vase, making a mosaic. Glue hemp twine or any other colored threads around each piece, but it is the hemp twine that gives the work a natural, natural look.
Thus, it is necessary to cover the entire vase with prepared pieces and twine, not forgetting to also leave empty spaces for compositions from auxiliary materials.
At this stage, we process the eggshell in order to later glue it onto pieces of fabric (the combination of white fabric and eggshell is the most expressive). We select pieces of the shell and give them the desired shape, breaking off the edges with our fingers or nail clippers. Next, burn each piece along the edge until dark. Master Bo uses white and brown eggshells, but you can use any one color.
We glue each burnt piece onto a white cloth. You can also connect 2 or more pieces, selecting them according to size and shape.
At this stage of work, we fill the empty spaces with auxiliary materials.
Large areas can be decorated with flowers: The middle of the flower is made of black leather. Cut a strip 0.5 cm wide and 5 cm long, coat the inside with glue and roll it into a tube. Glue it onto the vase. Petals can be made from watermelon seeds, oats, or any other long-shaped materials. Also, for the middle of the flowers, acorn caps were used, pre-fired to a golden hue.
Smaller spaces are filled with small materials (millet, cumin, dill and cilantro seeds, rice, shells). You can create various compositions by combining these grains with each other and placing them either on the free space of the vase or on unoccupied pieces of fabric or leather. Shells can be glued whole or split into small pieces to create a mosaic.
To fill very small areas (for example, the distances between flower petals, small gaps), you can use semolina. Using a match or any other thin stick, you need to apply glue to the selected area, and then cover it with semolina. Wait a minute until the cereal sticks to the vase, shake off the remains.
Let's move on to the final stage of work. Using a black gel pen, apply various strokes and dots to rice, sesame seeds, oats and pieces of leather.
On a note!
If the room where you want to place the vase is dominated by a certain color, for example burgundy, then fabric and pieces of leather should also be chosen in burgundy or red colors.
To make this work, you can use quail egg shells. Here it is necessary to take into account that it is thinner and more fragile than chicken egg shells, and therefore requires a more careful attitude.
You can additionally use the following materials in your work: lentils, white, black and red peppercorns. For example, you can make the middle of a flower out of red pepper, placing petals of oats or watermelon seeds around it.
This master class is about how to turn an ordinary jug or decanter into a work of art yourself. Surely there is an unremarkable jug in your home that can be decorated with paints. It's okay if you don't know how to draw. This craft is also available to non-artists. To paint a glass vessel using this technology, no artistic ability is required.
To work you will need:
paints for glass and ceramics (for example, paints from the “Fan & fancy” series); glass jug;
brush with artificial bristles;
file folder;
plain and carbon paper;
yellow felt-tip pen.
Progress
The front surface of the jug is thoroughly degreased, for example, using a “Drop” or “Fairy” dishwasher.
Photo (left) - gladioli
Draw a picture on a sheet of paper or, using carbon paper, transfer flowers from the sample suggested in the picture (gladioli). You can use any other design you like; there are a lot of them on the Internet.
If you prefer ornaments rather than floral designs, use them. In this master class we offer you three wonderful ornaments for this purpose, here they are:
So, we’ve sorted out the choice of design, let’s move on. Now the drawing is placed face up under a transparent, colorless file folder. The flowers are outlined with a yellow felt-tip pen, painted with paints and left to dry.
The painted fragments of the composition, frozen in the form of a thick, durable film, are removed from the file and transferred to the glass surface of the jug.
Several more flower bouquets are made this way. Films with patterns can be attached to a kitchen cabinet, shelves, etc. at your discretion. Unevenly glued fragments can be easily peeled off the surface and moved to another place.
Foil is a luxurious, elegant, and at the same time very fragile material for decoration, especially if you are going to create a vase decor with your own hands. That's why many people are afraid to work with her. But those who tried it were not disappointed, because the end result always exceeds their fears.
You can use foil to decorate the surfaces of various things you have made yourself. It is easy to work with porous materials - wood, ceramics, clay, paper, MDF plates. Foil glued to glass, porcelain, metal, or mirror looks even more impressive. This work is facilitated by special devices.
Currently, foil is offered in several types and colors. It can be monochromatic - the color of gold, silver, copper, or variegated, for example, gold with blue and red spots. It looks like a smooth, even sheet, sometimes crumpled or crushed.
Whatever foil you choose, the process is similar. The most important thing is to glue the foil with a special glue, do not glue it with any other glue. This glue, when dried, remains sticky, which is why the foil is held on to it. To make it easier to glue on glass, porcelain, mirrors, metal, choose an adhesive for slippery surfaces that does not spread very much and is easier to handle.
Even a drop of water can change the color of the foil (most often it turns green), so varnish it only with alcohol varnish - acrylic is not suitable.
Many auxiliary means for gilding are offered. These are various patinas, gilding pastes, colored varnish. However, it is better to use them when you have already gotten used to working with the foil itself.
Decorating a vase with foil
You can cover an entire object with foil, for example, a frame, a box, or just highlight its edges; the edges can be combined with another technique - mosaic, decoupage, painting, collage, and you can also “draw” with foil, and this is done quite simply.
To decorate the vase you will need:
Glass, decanter.
. Liquid adhesive milk for foil.
. Foil.
. Alcohol varnish for foil.
. Rhinestones.
. Brushes.
Prepare a glass decanter that can act as a vase or a regular glass vase. Wash thoroughly, dry and wipe with alcohol.
Apply a design to the surface of the vase with a thin soft brush using special milk for foil. You can choose a fragment of a flower, an ornament, or write a name, initials, or date of the event. After drying, the milk remains sticky.
Grab the foil with a brush and, bringing it to the glass, press lightly. Thus, cover the entire surface spread with milk. The vase (or decanter) looks as if it was gilded, as if over time the beautiful gold design has darkened, worn out, cracked in places and has become barely visible.
Milk for foil dries very quickly and becomes transparent (you can’t see where it is smeared and where it is not), so work in stages, decorate small fragments of the glass surface. It should also be noted that you can decorate with foil not only glass surfaces, but also paper, for example, those made will perfectly complement a piece of foil.
Only after gluing all the foil will you clearly see the contours of the design. Having finished with this, gently rub the areas covered with foil with a soft cloth so that you press the pieces of foil even better, and the excess will simply fall off.
Decorate the decor of a decanter or vase with shiny rhinestones using a thin brush. To do this, apply a little alcohol varnish for the foil and glue the rhinestones.
Cover the areas decorated with foil with the same varnish; it will protect the foil layer and will not change color. Try not to touch the glass itself, use a thin brush.
Objects decorated in this way cannot be washed, they are not suitable for everyday use, but such impracticality is redeemed by their fragile, delicate melting beauty. Now look through one of the sections of our website about other DIY methods.
Snow-white Gzhel porcelain with blue frosty patterns is known all over the world. Would you like to decorate the interior of your kitchen with dishes with traditional Gzhel painting? But for this there is absolutely no need to buy anything.
It is enough to select a glass bottle of the desired shape and then, using the decoupage technique, turn it into a porcelain decanter with the famous Gzhel painting. Don't believe me? Then watch!
This unsightly glass bottle will become an elegant porcelain decanter decorated with Gzhel:
No, I will not take bread from the professional painting masters from Gzhel, because I don’t know how to draw at all. However, let's not forget about the existence of the magical decoration technique of decoupage, which always comes to the rescue of those who do not own an artistic brush.
Today I will do decoupage under Gzhel. And at the same time I’ll experiment with a new for me method of creating craquelure using water mordan and gum arabic. I’ll also show you how to make egg crackle. But first things first.
Materials required for decoupage of a Gzhel decanter:
Decorative napkin (naturally, with Gzhel painting motifs)
Acrylic paints (white and blue, of course)
Primer
A piece of foam rubber
Glue for decoupage
Glossy acrylic varnish (at least 50 ml)
Fine sandpaper
Water Mordan
Gum arabic
Charcoal pastel chalk
PVA glue
Eggshell
Toothpick
I wait until the primer layer is completely dry and cover the surface of the future decanter with white acrylic paint. I apply two layers of paint using a sponge made from a piece of foam rubber.
While the paint is drying, I am preparing napkin motifs for Gzhel decoupage. To do this, I separate the top colorful layer of the decorative napkin. And with my fingers I carefully pull out the drawings I like from it.
The paint on the surface of the bottle has already dried, and before performing decoupage with napkins, I sand the painted surface with fine-grained sandpaper.
Having prepared the surface of the bottle, I begin decoupage. I apply Gzhel patterns torn from a decorative napkin to the surface and apply decoupage glue on top.
I have repeatedly read on various forums that Gzhel decorative napkins “shed” during the decoupage process. My napkin was no exception. Therefore, in order not to get blue stains on the surface of the decanter with Gzhel decoupage, I constantly wipe off the stained glue from my brush.
After the glue has dried, I cover the surface of the decoupage decanter with three layers of glossy acrylic varnish. I dry each layer for 3 hours.
Just as cobalt, used for real Gzhel painting, after firing the product acquires a whole range of new shades, so my decoupage Gzhel motifs, after applying varnish, acquire rich color and volume.
I sand the dried varnish layer with fine-grained sandpaper.
And then I cover the surface of the bottle again with acrylic varnish.
You have a question: why did I apply so many layers of varnish and already sand the surface of the decanter twice? Despite the fact that all these procedures not only require certain physical effort, but also significantly increase the time required to complete the work, they are necessary so that a simple glass bottle ends up looking like thin, perfectly smooth Gzhel porcelain.
So I advise you to be patient and have a lot of acrylic varnish, and then no one will be able to distinguish your own “porcelain with Gzhel painting” from the real thing.
That’s all for today, and in the continuation of the master class on decoupage of a Gzhel decanter, read about how to age decoupage work using gum arabic craquelure and water mordan, as well as how to decorate the stopper of a crackle decanter made from eggshells.
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