Enamles.

Enamelling on glass is a such a beautiful thing, it really is like painting a canvas, but due to the lack of production of enamels this process for me has become a bit of a special occasion.
I like to research and sketch historical costume and I felt that this subject matter would be a great place to use enamel. I like to do line paintings and then fill in areas with hints of colour. When I use enamels I really like to see how fine I can keep the application. I approach it like I would watercolour and keep the medium as transparent and clean as possible.

 

 

Here you can see that I have done some small quick line drawings on glass and then fired them I have used a nib to create all of the fine lines and also to add the shading contrast between light and dark areas. I have then applied the enamel. I have used a blue transparent mixed with water and kept the finish very light. This is just to give the impression of colour. I placed it on very watery and then used a small badger brush to buff it out and give me a even finish.