The Art of Painting on Glass

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Summary: Beginners guide for serious glass painters only
Review: This book describes in detail the materials and techniques used in traditional kiln-fired glass painting techniques. The second edition (which I acquired) has updated material source listings (i.e. where to buy the paints, tools, etc.) and includes URLs which would have been missing from the original. If you ever wanted to make stained glass paintings like you saw in church as a child, this will show you how.

Note that this is a book on kiln-fired glass paints, and as such is not targeted towards those who want to be able to paint glass with resources commonly available around the house. Those looking to do crafsty glass painting should look for a different book on the subject.

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Summary: The Art of Painting on Glass by Albinas Elskus
Review: This book is a more than an excellent tool in the revival of the lost art of Glass Painting. It informs us about the secrets closely guarded by artists and revealed only to family and trusted friends a few hundred years ago. It revived glass painting in the 1980 pubishing of this book, causing this arts resergence in the glass movement of our times.

This book should be given credit in a large part for the contribution in bringing the secrets of important techinques in this beautiful and storytelling art.

This book is full of great information and photo explanations,clearly and simply. A very important book for glass painters of all abilities.