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« on: January 30, 2010, 05:02:32 PM » |
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Here's what I have been working on. It's my first painted glass. The leaves look awkward to me an a couple of places, but I didn't want to make a cut line to the bird's beak or make the leaves surround him to make a cut line. I wanted him to be in a clear space in the leaves. So I painted the bird. The flower isn't foiled and soldered yet, but I put it there for an idea of what it might look like. It is drapery glass. It will all probably look different with patina, too.
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2010, 05:18:15 PM » |
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Oh, Rebecca, that is beautiful. You did a wonderful job. I can't believe this is you're very first painting since you're class on painting. It looks like you are a natural at it. I would have a hard time giving that up, but your customer will surely love it.  |
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2010, 05:39:04 PM » |
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I love that little bird! .. and the varying colours of the leaves as well. Nice job:)
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2010, 05:42:51 PM » |
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You are so talented with the painting as well as any other aspect of glass. That is wondrful.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2010, 05:50:08 PM » |
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very pretty!!! is this the piece that is going with the iris and gladiola panels?
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2010, 06:42:06 PM » |
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Wow you are doing a great job Rebecca, thats going to be a beautiful piece, love the shape too.
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2010, 06:45:57 PM » |
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Yes, Lou Ann, it will go over the iris and gladiolas. I struggled with choosing the glass for the leaves. He didn't tell me about this window until I had finished the other two. If he had, I could have had an all-over plan. So I wanted to glass for the leaves to "flow" with the glass for the other windows. I also struggled with the bird. I wanted the sky to be blue, but I didn't want the bird and the branch it was sitting on to be blue. I hope it all looks right when it is installed.
I couldn't have done the bird without the class. One of the most important things I learned in the class is that you can paint it, and if you don't like it it's okay to scrape it off and try again. You can do that over and over, until you fire it. Of course there were a lot of other things that I learned in the class that I didn't "get" from watching the tapes and reading the books. I'm not really an artist and I struggle with painting, but knowing that I can always do it again seems to free me to go ahead and try.
Thank you all for your compliments!
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2010, 06:50:18 PM » |
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 ..Rebecca....this rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2010, 07:10:26 PM » |
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Rebecca, It's beautiful, the bird is very realistic! It's a beautiful panel. I hope that you take lots of pics at installation, can't wait to see it all put together!
Nicely done! De
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2010, 08:12:33 PM » |
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Beautiful, Love the bird.
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2010, 08:42:24 PM » |
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The is coming out fantastic. Talented you are. The hints you learned in the painting class worked to the positive. Helps not having internet at home, look at all the work you are getting done.
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2010, 02:03:57 AM » |
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First painting, WOW. I think it looks fantastic.
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2010, 08:21:28 AM » |
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It's beautiful Rebecca!! Great job!!
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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2010, 01:38:30 PM » |
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WOW, Rebecca...this is so nice!!! The bird looks great with the flowers around it. This is the kind of thing I want to do eventually...after seeing this I really want to try this!!! :)
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2010, 03:00:36 PM » |
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Thank you all! Joan asked about the windows that will be under the bird. Here is a picture of them on my light table. I used drapery glass for the magnolia blossom and for the white iris. The larger purple iris is rippled glass. I did a little silver stain (yellow) on the white iris and on the magnolia blossom. The iris leaves and the gladiola leaves are fibroid. I set the flowers in at angles to each other instead of flat to give the gladiolas more dimension, since the iris were textured glass. The two flower panels are four and a half feet tall, so it's hard to see the detail in the picture.
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« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2010, 03:03:05 PM » |
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Damn you do nice work! Wow!
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« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2010, 03:13:38 PM » |
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Damn you do nice work! Wow!
You sound surprised! Rebecca |
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« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2010, 03:16:16 PM » |
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Rebecca those are amazing windows. As you know I love Iris's. I have never heard the term "fibroid" in connection to glass. What is it |
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« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2010, 03:20:08 PM » |
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It's like corded, but skinnier. Hmm, it's like the small corduroy. You know how the veins in the iris leaves run along the length of the leave? That's what the fibroid texture looks like.
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