Okay, I've tried glass painting

[wiseheart]

... and it definitely won't become my favourite technique. Ever. My hands are simply not steady enough for drawing even lines with the contour colour, and these things only look good if the contours are clear and even. Ah, well, I've tried it.

E - our art teacher - encouraged me that they will look better once I've filled out the pattern with actual colour, and the contours can still be partially re-done afterwards, but they will be cobbled-together patterns nonetheless. I doubt that they're gonna be a big hit on the fair.

Other than that, I've done a promising amount of translation in the morning, got caught in the rain while going to school (I was soggy wet like a sheepdog) and went to choir practice. All in all, a very busy day.

Comments

[meathiel]

I can't paint a straight line either ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I thought that having the pattern laid directly under the CD I was painting would make it easier. Obviously, I was mistaken. :((

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Glass painting is one of those things that seems like it should be easier than it is.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So I've learned from first-hand experience. :((
Even if it's done on recycled CDs.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I remember that video and it looks so freaking easy, but I know nothing is easy anymore.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sadly, that is very true.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Well, you do really well at the other things. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I wanted to do a decent job on this one, too, as I've invested quite some money in the paints. No great, epic works like church windows and the likes, just a few recycled CDs that I could sell on the fair as window decoration. I still hope that I can correct a few things afterwards, but they are definitely not what I hoped for. :((

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Ah. Yeah, I remember those CDs you collected.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And I cleaned about half a dozen of them just fine, but the painting itself is really, really hard!

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

I believe your art teacher may be correct, once the colors are filled in, it won't be so distracting. That said, my first thought upon viewing the video is no way I could keep the drawn lines straight. Reminds me of cake decorating, lol, at which I really suck.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling. You have such a great idea what the dratted cake is supposed to look like, and when it's done you've got something that looks as if the cat had dragged it in.