Raise Your Christmas Glasses

It's Christmas time again, why not hand-paint some festive glasses to enjoy with your celebrations?

Here is all you need for this project:

• 6 Champagne Flutes (or any number and type of glasses you prefer)
• Pebeo Vitrea 160 Glossy Markers in Emerald and Pepper Red
• Pebeo Vitrea 160 Glossy paints in Oriental Green and Pimento Red
• Pebeo Vitrea Outliners in Pearl and Gold

Step 1: Begin by taking your Gold outliner and draw five lines around each glass, from the rim down. Make them a little wavy and of different lengths.

Step 2: Use your red and green markers to draw round baubles at the end of each line. Use a small round brush and a dabbing motion to fill in the baubles with red and green paint. Do a few layers (drying in-between layers) to get them as dark as you like. Allow to dry about 15 minutes or so.

Step 3: Take your Gold outliner and decorate each red bauble ...

Step 4: Take you Pearl Outliner and decorate each green bauble...

Step 5: Let dry for 24 hours then bake in oven to cure the paint as per instructions on your Pebeo Vitrea packaging. MERRY CHRISMAS X

V2.0 - Coloured Chaos Glasses with Pebeo Vitrea Paint

Chaos Glasses 2.0!

By Natalie Wyatt 

Made with "Pebeo Vitrea 160 Glass Paint".

 

Hi all!

 For my very first post here at Crafty Crusaders, I delivered a tutorial on how to create these colourful glasses using the Pebeo Vitrea 160 paints. 

Well, the thought came back to me when we were having a bake-stall at my University to raise money for our graduate show, so instead of baking cookies and cupcakes, I baked glasses!

I based them off my original design (pictured below), but this time I tried them out with some new colour combinations!

It was a great success and I sold them all! I filled them lollies, chocolates and a bouncy ball for fun!

There's two types of Pebeo Vitrea paints: Glossy and Frosted.

Glossy: is transparent, so they work like a stained glass effect.

Frosted: is transparent/opaque, so you can see through it partially.

These paints are not to be confused with Pebeo Vitrail paints, which are used for decorative purposes. Instead, the Vitrea range are intended to be used on materials which may be used for human consumption.

 

But before I show them to you, I'll do a refresher on how to make them:

If you saw my original tutorial, you can skip ahead to the next part where I show you my new designs.

 

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 What you will need:

• Pebeo Vitrea 160 Glass Paints (Glossy or Frosted depending on the look you want to achieve)
• Wales Old Fashion Glasses (Or any other preference)*
• 1 x Small Paintbrush (I used Princeton Art & Brush Co. Golden Taklon Synthetic Hair #4 Round)
• 1 x Spatula (I used Catalyst by Princeton)
• A cup filled with water (To rinse your brush)
• Scrap paper to cover work-bench.
• Tissues to blot the wet paint-brushes.

* I bought my glasses from Kmart, they came as a pack of 6 and were $6!

 I used Pepper Red, Sun Yellow and Turquoise Vitrea 160 paints for this example. You may use other colours as desired, however the three selected colours are the basic Primary colours which mix to make all other secondary colours like green, orange and purple.

 First begin by dipping your paintbrush into the paints and loading it rather heavily onto the glass in a small line. Make sure you wash in the cup of water and dry your brush on the tissues between each colour so you don't mix the paints in the pots.

 Then, using the spatula tip, drag the spatula across the lines starting at the red and smoothing past the blue to create a stroke of mixed colour.

 You will then notice on your spatula residue from the smudged paint. Do not wash this off!

Using the side of the spatula with paint, again swipe the spatula across the glass in a different direction. This will create a new colour stroke.

 Repeat the same process in different areas until you have run out of paint on the spatula. You may like to smudge the paint already on the glass to create new strokes.

 Repeat the first steps again by applying the three colours using the paintbrush onto the glass. You don't have to necessarily use lines or have any sort of order! All we want is the colours to be close enough to blend. For example, in the above shot, I used dots of paint as well as lines.

 Take the spatula again and smudge the paint to create the colour strokes on the glass. 

I painted my glass in an ascending fashion so the colour would start at the bottom of the glass and wrap around to the top.

When you are happy with your design, put it aside and allow to dry.

I would recommend leaving them to dry for 24 hours, so they can dry all the way through, because if you bake them while the paint is still partially wet, you will get giant paint bubbles! Trust me... XD

 You can now place it on a tray and bake it in a conventional oven on 160 degrees for 40 minutes. (Normal oven function is fine)

Then remove your glass from the tray and allow to cool.

The baking process deepens the colours and helps them set so your glass is now ready to use and is dishwasher and microwave safe!

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Now, here are the new versions I have made! 

Here are some group shots and below I'll explain which colours I used for each.

 

 #1

Pebeo Vitrea  

Pimento Red (Glossy)

Turquoise (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

This was very similar to the earlier ones I made!

  #2

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Pepper Red (Glossy)

Lemon (Frosted)

Pink (Frosted)

A mix of frosted and glossy paints.

   #3

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Oriental Green (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

Pimento Red (Glossy)

Turquoise (Glossy

   #4

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

Oriental Green (Glossy)

Pimento Red (Glosssy)

Be careful not to use too much paint on your glasses because you might find that it begins to collect and create drip marks. Generally you can just stroke the paint to flatten these.

    #5

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Oriental Green (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

Pimento Red (Glossy)

Turquoise (Glossy

 

This one didn't turn out so well because I over blended the colours with the spatula. Try and keep the spatula blending as minimal as possible.

 

   #6

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Pink (Frosted)

Azure (Frosted)

 

  #7

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Azure (Frosted)

Pink (Frosted)

Lemon (Frosted)

Aniseed Green (Frosted)

 

This was probably my least favourite as I over blended the colours and got this dirty pink/purple colour, so I learned that trying to keep the number of colours to a minimum is more effective... in my opinion! You make prefer the look! 

  #8

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Pimento Red (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

This created a real firey effect.

 

  #9

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Oriental Green (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

I really liked the two colours, it created a simple, yet lovely effect!

   #10

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Pimento Red (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

Turquoise (Glossy)

 

For this glass I started off with just the blue and red and then added yellow right at the end.

 

   #11

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Oriental Green (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

Turquoise (Glossy)

This was mainly the blue and green with accents of yellow.

 

  #12

Pebeo Vitrea 160 

Oriental Green (Glossy)

Sun Yellow (Glossy)

Turquoise (Glossy)

This was mainly the green and yellow with a bit of blue. 

Which one was your favourite?

Thanks for reading!

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Butterfly Frenzy Vase with Pebeo Vitrea 160

To paint a beautiful butterfly vase like mine you will need:

• Plain glass vase
• Butterfly stencil (optional - you can draw free-hand)
• Piece of thin craft foam (if using a stencil)
• Scotch Tape if (if using stencil)
• Pebeo Vitrea 160 Glass Paints, frosted colour;s Azure, Rose Pink, Ink Black, Sky
• Pebeo Vitrea 160 Markers, frosted colours; Natural, Gitane Blue, Rose Pink, Mauve, Black
• Have Isopropyl alcohol on hand (Isocol or Diggers) and a cotton bud to clean up smudges or remove mistakes
• A few small brushes in different shapes and sizes for variety
• Water jar

If you don't want to draw/paint your butterflies free-hand, here is a way to at least get the basic shape of the insect onto your vase.

First find a butterfly stencil, always handy to have, mine has been well used as you can see. Alternatively for this process you could also cut out shapes of butterflies you have printed on your computer.

Trace through the stencil (or around your cut-out shapes) on to a piece of thin craft foam. I used butterflies in four different sizes. Cut out your shapes.

If your vase is curved like mine you may need help keeping in onto the surface, so just put a bit of scotch tape on the back.

Use a Pebeo Vitrea160 marker to trace around the basic butterfly shapes on to your vase. Keep your butterfly "masks", they may be handy for another project.

Stick your foam shape on with sticky tape. It will remove and re-use easily.

Once you have marked in your basic shapes it's time to paint them in. This is where you can have playful fun and get creative. Set up a pallet with your paints. Experiment making many as many different colours as you can from just those few colours.

As well as experimenting with colour, try creating different brush strokes with the different brushes. See how the marks made with paint and brush differ from those made with a marker.

Remember colours will mix together on the pallet, or blend together on the surface if still wet. If you want to keep some colours pure, make sure you wash and dry your brush in-between different colours and let the paint dry first before painting another colour adjacent.

Do one layer, then let dry, then add more to your designs if desired. No two butterflies will ver be the same.

Here I have put rice in the vase so you can see the finished designs more clearly.












Bake your finished design in the oven as per instructions on the packaging. 

One Pen Can Make a difference - Pebeo Vitrea160 Glass Paint Pen

I seem to collect empty jars, I don't know why, but when we finish with a glass jar, if it has a unique shape or just a generally nice look, I soak the labels off and keep them (total hoarder) The other day I was looking at my paint water jar, so sad and boring, usually holding murky grey water, never really pretty. So I took to it with a single pen.
The Turquoise Vitrea160 Glass Pen. I didn't set out with any pre designed design. But for people who are total beginners and feeling nervous, you could perhaps sketch out some ideas before you boldy go in with a pen!

I shook my pen to get it going (keep lid on when doing this) then pumped the nib down a few times on a palette. Then simply began doodling a design all over my paint water jar.

I did the Jar in sections as I am left handed and didn't want to smudge my work as I went along. I just had fun! I had no idea what I was going to create, but I just drew patterns giving the pen every few minutes a few pumps on my palette to refresh the paint flow.

No plain jar is safe with these pens! I can also see adding tea light candles to some of the winder neck jars to make really lovely light shows! I might even do that for my next post to show you how they look at night!
I hope this very simple use for a single pen can make a colour impact on your life! I think these jars look amazing with all the doodling!

Have a wonderful weekend looking at your old jars in a different light!
Courtney Diaz

Gemstone Painting

Gem Painting

 Making table decorations or any form of decoration can often become rather costly very quickly, but this little idea gives you plenty of inspiration to play around on a budget!

I bought this pack of gemstones for $5 from spotlight and thought I'd play around with them and come up with some ideas. I used a 3/0 round Princeton brush so I could paint the fine details.

Materials:

Pebeo Vitrea Paints: (You can use whatever paints you desire, or even use the marker pens!)

- Sun Yellow

- Pimerno Red

- Turquoise

- Oriental Green

- White

- Ink Black

- Gemstones

- Fine tip Paintbrush

- Tissues

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 Rabbit 

 

I decided to paint my gemstones on the flat side, so I had an easier surface, but you can paint them however you'd like!

I started off with the black spots for eyes. 

I then mixed the pink and red to create the pink.

I then used the pink for the nose.

If painting on the flat side like I have here, you have to be aware of your layers, I had to do the eyes first and white paint last so I could keep all the details.

Little ears.

Poor bunny drowning in all of that paint.

Oh wait! See, this is what I mean by those layers! Now I painted around the outside with some blue paint.

Ta-da!

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Duck

 

Taking into consideration the layers, I started off with the duck beak and eye.

When those were dry, I painted over the top with the yellow paint.

I then painted around the duck with the green.

Just quackers.

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Flowers

 

These were my favourites. I started off with a small yellow dot for the center of the flower.

I mixed some of the colours to make purple.

I then painted small petals, only reaching halfway to the edges of the gemstone.

 

 I then repeated it a couple of times.

Now you have your base flowers.

Now you paint over those petals again as well as extending past the petals lengths.

This is what the underside looks like.

But when you turn it over, you see the two colours.

Ta-da!

I repeated it again for the pink flower, by going over it with some red.

You get that lovely gradient.

I used the white paint on the purple flower.

Subtle, but sweet.

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Words

 

I decided to paint the name "Lilly", but because I was doing the reverse of the gem, I had to write the letters backwards, but you can paint on the top of the stone if you want to avoid this.

It doesn't make sense upside down...

But when you turn it over! "Lilly!" (Apologies for the glare on the stones)

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