Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Rabindranath Tagore - Portrait on Glass by CristalArt

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist and painter best known for being the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India.
  
Here his silhouette is sketched on glass with gold against a dark background.


Monday, July 30, 2012

Glass Painting Tips N Tricks #6: Decoration

Decoration is defined as an addition that renders something more attractive or ornate.
  
A glass painting itself is considered as a piece of decor. Moreover there are also numerous ways to enhance its beauty.


Sunday, July 29, 2012

Glass Painting Tips N Tricks #5: Preparation

Preparation is defined as the action of making ready or being made ready for use. Preparation is necessary before every operation in life.
   
Preparation before creating a Glass Painting is equally necessary not only for achieving a better result but also obtaining a better satisfaction.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Glass Painting Tips N Tricks #4: Leveling

Glass Colors are always liquid in nature. It is highly important to level the surface before the color is poured onto it. Otherwise the color will flow to the lower level of the surface forming a dark concentrated portion at that area. Though sometimes this mishap is a blessing; but not always.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Glass Painting Tips N Tricks #3: Mixing


Mixing different shades of glass colors is not quite an easy task to accomplish. It is perhaps a bit laborious process.

It takes a lot of patience and hardship to achieve proper mixing of different shades of glass colors.



Thursday, July 26, 2012

Glass Painting Tips N Tricks #2: Drying

Glass Paintings generally dries up slower than other conventional paintings. There are quite a few advantages as well as disadvantages of this property.
  
The advantages include the correction (i.e. alteration/modification), if any, can be incorporated without trace in the final output.


Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Glass Painting Tips N Tricks #1: Bubbles

A beautiful Glass Painting is said to be flawless if and only if it does not contain any dried up bubble mark.

Bubbles are one of the most disturbing elements in the process of making a Glass Painting. Avoiding them is very much difficult; but reducing or eliminating them is possible by following a few precautions.


Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Ganesha: Design 4 - Glass Painting by CristalArt


Various forms and figures of Lord Ganesha can be depicted by means of Art. Ganesha Art is very common among artists and sculptors.


Here the same has been explored with glass painting. Ganesha in golden yellow gleams with golden stones among dark maroon background.