AY Honors/Glass Painting/Answer Key

1. Know the primary colors, the secondary colors, and how to mix the primary colors to obtain the secondary colors.

Red, Blue and Yellow are the primary colors. Green, Violet, and Orange are the secondary colors. Red and Blue make Violet. Blue and Yellow make Green. Red and Yellow make Orange.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Primary and secondary colors

2. Know the materials used in painting, mounting, and hanging a glass painting.

• Glass
• Paint
  • transparent paints - allow light to pass through them
  • opaque paints - achieve the desired color, but are not transparent
  • Other mediums for frosted, iridescent, or crackling effects
• Paint brush
• Sponges - can be used instead of or in addition to paint brushes. Good if you want to paint the entire surface a single color.
• Rubbing alcohol - for cleaning the glass before painting. Don't paint dirty glass!
• Paper towel - also for cleaning.
• Sticky stencils (optional)
• Patterns - can be placed on the inside of a glass and then the design can be copied (similar to tracing).

5. Make a hand-painted mirror picture by removing the back coating of the mirror from the picture area and painting the design on the back of the mirror glass.

Decide where on the mirror you would like to paint the design. Do you want it in the center? In a corner? Once you decided, flip the mirror over and use a making tape to mask the area you wish to paint. Remember that this is a reverse-image, so if you wanted your picture to appear on the right, you will have to mark the area on the left. Once the area is masked, apply some paint stripper to the area within the tape. Read and follow the directions for the paint stripper. It will tell you how long to let it set before scraping. It will also tell you what kind of gloves you will need to protect your skin.

Once the paint stripper has done its work, you should be able to scrape most of the paint off and rinse the mirror. If you can't get it all scraped off, use steel wool to get that last little bit.

With the mirror backing removed, you should now have a transparent area in which to paint your picture. This is where it gets a little tricky as compared to "regular" painting, where you paint in the background first and then work to the foreground. In reverse image painting, you must paint the foreground first and then move to the background. For instance, if painting an eye, you would paint the pupils first, followed by the iris and then the whites. This may take some practice.

References

some links for (me) for further reading before putting answers above.

(references for further research) http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/gl_other/article/0,2025,DIY_13839_2273904,00.html http://www.osv.org/kids/crafts3.htm

(reverse painted mirror) http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_furnishings_mirrors/article/0,1793,HGTV_3432_1385106,00.html

(hang glass) http://www.hangyourglass.com/ http://www.osv.org/kids/crafts4.htm

(some history from wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_painting_on_glass