5 Glass Painting Ideas for Beginners

Start by removing the backing board of the frame so that just the glass remains.

Then, on a piece of tracing paper, write your text using a dark marker pen.

Tape the text to the front of the frame, then turn the frame around and paint the text using the paper as a guide. You will be doing all the painting on the WRONG side of the glass.

Using acrylic paints fill in the space around your text with flowers and leaves. As you are working on the back of the glass, the first layers of paint you put down will be the foreground so remember to leave a space for the middle of your flowers if you want these to be a different colour. You’ll get a cleaner final look by doing multiple layers of paint to get an opaque look.

Once the base of the design is done, you can add different coloured details on top. Use a clear sealer to protect your design from being scratched off.

Using the Pebeo Cerne relief, draw your design onto the bottle making sure to join up all the lines to create enclosed shapes.

Squeeze the tube gently and keep the nib close to the glass. Make sure it’s fully dry before leaning the bottle onto your outlines - this takes 1-2 hours.

You can paint your design using the Pebeo Vitrea paints straight from the bottles, or you can mix new colours together on a palette first.