Handpainted Glassware

 When I started painting on glass I discovered hand painted gifts were cherished. They made such wonderful keepsakes. Art work after a while saturates the walls. You then go to ACEO's(Art Card Edition Original) and print of original note cards. Aceo's are baseball cards size and be placed in an album for coffee table conversation.
Then  came a new direction, the art of painting on glass. The usual method of painting is applying paint in layers, by adding highlights and shadows to give the art piece dimension.
Now the Art of One Stroke painting has made it possible to load your brush with medium, highlight, and shadows, and make one stroke  to accomplish a whole petal of a flower at one time. By using glass paint enamel the item can be placed in an oven to bake curing the paint in a short interval. Other wise you must wait 21 days for the paint to cure.
With the one stroke method I have painted on bud vases, glasses, wood, bookmarks, picture frames and many more. My favorite is to paint a wine bottle and fit a candelabra in the top.The different colored bottles make it a nice decorative piece.
Each type of product takes a different medium. Candles take candle medium and acrylic paint. Flower pots take patio paint or acrylic paint and a sealer to seal the porous clay.
Ah, but for weddings, what a range of items that can be painted.One of my favorites are hand painted wine glasses in white trimmed in gold roses.Then hot gluing a small bow and a miniature rose on the stem.There are beautiful hand painted bowls to hold floating candles as center pieces.There are so many more. One stroke painting makes it possible. These all can be found in my booth #304 at the Basement Marketplace 14625 Lebanon Road, Old Hickory, TN 615-754-9500  "Let me share my joy of painting"