Stained glass – how to paint it: there are so many reasons why you’ll love our practical and informative book about painting stained glass designs – The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting by Williams & Byrne

We can show you our amazing stained glass painting techniques

You can see our glass all around you on this web site, and we can show you how we do it.

“Your work is absolutely gorgeous!” (Kevin T., Florida, USA)

David and Stephen painting a rose window. Read our guides and let us teach you how we paint on glass.

David Williams and Dr. Stephen Byrne
authors of
The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting
and owners of Williams & Byrne,
the design and glass painting studio in England, UK

East window, Saint Mary's, Whitton, Edward Burne-Jones We have nearly 40 years’ experience. You can find our new glass in many famous buildings: the Houses of Parliament, for example. And we’ve RESTORED stained glass by many of the finest painters who have ever lived: Burne-Jones, Tiffany, Kempe, Hardman, Evans and Capronnier, for example.

Our copies are so perfect, they could almost be illegal. Four of our copies even overlook a Rothschild villa in the South of France. You don’t easily find a better place than that. What matters is that we learned from the masters so that you can learn from us!

When you download our expert book , you’ll discover this knowledge for yourself. Our expert book shows you how to paint like we do. It shows you the brilliant techniques we use each day. It’s as simple as that. You can download this expert book right now.

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The techniques and secrets of glass painting ... presented clearly

Not everyone can teach. BUT our many students say that WE are excellent at teaching them how to paint on glass. Just read 4 comments from the hundreds that we’ve received:

“You are both gentlemen and damned fine teachers!” (Patrick G., Scotland, UK)

“Thank you very much for helping me to discover the harmonious relationship between brush, paint and glass which has evaded me for so long” (Christine B., Fareham, UK)

“My warm gratitude to both of you for an extraordinary and delightful weekend of hands-on and individualized tuition. I came away bubbling with new skills, ideas and enthusiasm” (Philip E., Hertfordshire, UK)

“The techniques we covered will be a huge step in my development to further my painting skills” (Julian P., Australia)

We feel it in our heart that teaching is essential to our work.

Water-coloured design for a stained glass robin by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

We teach because we want to tell you what we know. — We want our beautiful stained glass windows to survive us; we also want YOU to learn our skills.

Why?

The reason is: we want YOU to take them forward.

Stained glass owl by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

When you read our book, you’ll experience for yourself our skill and our love for teaching.

“Thank you for inspiring me” (Stephanie L., Oregon, USA)

Our book shows you step-by-step the wonderful techniques we use each day. You’ll use the book and copy the techniques for yourself. We know you’ll also develop them. You’ll soon see the difference our knowledge will make to how you paint glass. We even give you a rock-solid guarantee - that’s how confident we are of what we know and how we teach.

“I tried what you said and it worked like a dream” (Judy A., Texas, USA)

“The time saved using your methods is immeasurable” (Chris B., Sussex, UK)

Just read our book and see for yourself.

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Secrecy! – We’ve no time for it

Our names are David Williams and Stephen Byrne of Williams & Byrne. We live happily by painting beautiful stained glass based on our lovely and original designs.

Stained glass daffodils by Williams & Byrne - desigers, painters and restorers of stained glass We are ordinary, happy folk. Just like you, we don’t like secrecy. But in the professional stained glass world you find secrecy nearly everywhere.

Secrecy about how to trace … secrecy about how to shade … secrecy about how to highlight ... secrecy about this and secrecy about that! Perhaps you’ve met this secrecy yourself. Here are two true stories. When the two of us were learning to paint, each one had a very different experience. Which story is familiar to you?

When David started out, he trained for 8 years with a famous glass artist called Patrick Reyntiens. This wonderful man was willing to share everything he knew with David. That’s one reason why you’re reading this today: you see, David knows the importance of sharing.
When Stephen started out, he met “brick walls”. People – except for a marvellous glass painter called Leo Amery – insisted on keeping secrets. (Leo, just like Patrick Reyntiens, shared.) So Stephen also knows the importance of sharing. That’s another reason why you’re reading this today.

“You guys are a great resource” (Tim S., Michigan, USA)

So, from opposite starting points, and now with nearly 40 years’ experience between the two of us, that’s why we’re photographing and describing what we know about how to paint on glass.

Stephen painting a glass panel designed by David Williams

The reason is, we believe in sharing what we know. If you want to know how to paint stained glass, we can show you what to do.

“Thank you for capturing your studio’s experience on paper: the chapters are great” (David T., Virginia, USA)

Restoration of Georgian hallway by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass Each year we make time to teach people face-to-face. People travel to our studio from New Zealand, the USA, Japan, Australia and Europe. They come to learn our glass painting techniques.

And we are glad to tell them. We become friends. But many people can’t visit us in person. So, because we believe in openness, we decided to write our book to show you the techniques and secrets we use each day.

These are techniques and secrets you won’t find in other books. Believe us: we’ve read these books! They’re often badly written, and you’re lucky to get 10 poor quality images per project. Also, they often pretend that theirs is the only “correct” approach.

But WE are COMPLETELY different! YOU can download our full-colour book wherever you are in this marvellous world. Yes, our glass painting skill is certainly something we’ve perfected by working hard in our busy studio. But our knowledge belongs to you and everyone. Wherever you are.

“… people like you who are prepared to share these secrets with others” (Ivo de C., Antwerp, Belgium)

Download our book and see what we mean: use our book to turn our knowledge into your skill. We’re very glad you’ve found us - there are 1000s of web sites about stained glass. And now you’ve found the absolutely special web site.

This one!

Stained glass cockerel by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

“Until I found your site it was such a struggle!” (Stuart M., Lancashire, UK)

So because, just like us, you want to paint beautiful stained glass, read our book and see it done. See the change our book will make to how you paint.

“It’s a great experience to learn these new techniques” (Fábio M., Sao Paolo, Brazil)

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Thanks to this web site, people all over the world enjoy using our magical techniques to paint beautiful stained glass designs

And what do other people say about our book? Just like you, they searched and searched until they came HERE and found EXACTLY what they’d been looking for.

They used our guides and this is what they said. What other books on stained glass painting cause such excitement and receive such praise?

“Brilliant and informative” (Hil G., Barwick, UK)

“I can’t thank you enough” (Maurice M., New Jersey, USA)

“Great reading!” (Amanda B., London, UK)

“Can't wait for more to become available” (Peter W., Queensland, Australia)

“You fellows are great. I’ll love to meet you sometime!” (Marianne P., Georgia, USA)

“Absolutely clear! Wonderful!” (Rosie D., London, UK)

“Excellent work: I always enjoy reading about your wonderful techniques and seeing how it is actually done” (Jerry Q., Virginia, USA)

“The book looks brilliant” (Lynsey H., Aukland, New Zealand)

“I am so impressed by your service” (Richard C., Milton Keynes, UK)

“Very helpful and informative” (Charlotte P., Florida, USA)

“Now I can really imagine the beautiful things I can paint with your help” (Adela S., Guatamala)

“I love the information you offer online and I look forward to the upcoming chapters” (Deborah W., New Mexico, USA)

“Many thanks for your prompt service sending the glass painting chapters: they are outstanding!” (Terry S., Nova Scotia, Canada)

“Thanks for another lovely chapter: I can’t wait to have a go. What lovely people you are” (Julia H., Bexhill on Sea, UK)

“When does the next installment come out? - I can't wait! Thank you again” (Jacqi F., Washington, USA)

“Your information is useful, your interest is priceless” (William S., Kentucky, USA)

“Thanks so much for all the tips and information” (Eve H., Nevada City, USA)

“Your lessons are wonderful and they have been very helpful to me. I look forward to every lesson you put out” (Sandra M., Ontario, Canada)

“Most impressive service and great follow up” (Paul H., Kenley, UK)

“The glass painting e-book is great: very detailed and easy to follow” (Richard B., Boston, USA)

“I can’t begin to thank you enough for your beautiful e-book. I am so excited to read it” (Kevin T., Florida, USA)

“Thank you for the guides: they have filled in many gaps in my painting education” (Amanda S., Scotland, UK)

“Many thanks, great service” (Martin M., Sheffield, UK)

We could go on: we have many other generous, free-spirited, happy comments from people just like you who are so glad to find this web site.

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Fact-packed, photo-packed and FULL of detail

We need to say this CLEARLY. The information is not right for everyone. For a start, our book is uniquely detailed: some of the chapters contain more than 100 close-up colour images. This means you see exactly what we do.

Also, there are many exercises and tests we suggest: you see, we are such good teachers, we will always encourage you, and we will always urge you to try things on your own.

bee_by_williams_and_byrne We will push you on to ever better stained glass painting!

Are you happy with close-up colour photos?
Are you eager to learn new techniques and try them for yourself?

Then download our book and take your glass painting to new levels.

“Finding your site was a revelation” (Julia H. - Sussex, England)

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See how we paint our gorgeous dog roses

Stained glass dog roses by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass Flowers are lovely to look at – we love painting them on glass. The special thing about these dog roses is that they are always in bloom, whatever the season.

This is a photograph we took in a client’s house on the day after Christmas (he had invited us round for a meal). It was a cold, grey day. But these dog roses we’d made for him just lit up the room in a beautiful way.

Design for stained glass dog roses by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass We always begin with a lovely design. Only for May 2008, this design is one of the stained glass designs which come as a valuable bonus with our book.

The time we spend designing is always worth its weight in gold: painting on glass is too complicated simply to invent as you go along, so . We use water-colours to prepare most of our stained glass designs as you will see in one of our valuable guides.

Unpainted glass for stained glass dog roses by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass We use the design to prepare a “cut-line”. We also use the design to choose our glass. We mostly use handmade glass because it has such unique textures and depths of colour. There’s every point in using the best glass you can find.

The colours don’t have to match exactly: never be too literal. You must always be thinking of where the stained glass panel is going to hang.

Lightly traced stained glass dog roses by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass A technique that we show you in our expert book is how to paint many layers of paint on top of one another when you paint stained glass. It’s a fantastic method of painting: we usually fire our glass JUST ONCE. We will show you how.

Here we’ve covered every piece of glass with a very light tone of paint – this is something we show you in Chapter 2. Then we trace the outlines very, very lightly: it’s important to mix the paint as we show in Chapter 1, then trace as we show you in Chapter 4.

Boldly traced and flooded stained glass dog roses by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass We let the paint dry thoroughly. Then we put the stained glass design on one side: we need to be able to see it, but the most important thing is to concentrate on the glass we’re painting.

Now we paint over the faint tracing lines a second time (and sometimes a third): you’ll find more about this in Chapter 4. We also begun to “flood” the darkest areas with the “silhouette” technique from Chapter 2.

Stained glass dog roses with initial highlights by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass So far we’ve darkened the glass by painting on it. The time has therefore come to let the light shine through! Here’s where we start to add highlights.

Look carefully at the leaves and petals: we’ve used sticks and needles to cut through the paint to the bare, bright glass beneath. On the background, we’ve used a brush to make small marks. We examine highlights in Chapter 5.

Stained glass dog roses with full highlights by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass But we don’t just leave highlights as they are: it’s important that there are degrees of brightness (just as there are already degrees of darkness). So some of the highlights are “softened” with a brush or with your fingers.

It’s easy to ruin glass painting at this point: there’s a skill to highlighting. It’s particularly important not to rush. Just as you used the best glass, it’s essential to work thoughtfully.

We also paint with oil-based paint on top of the many layers of unfired water-based paint. This is an astonishing technique that we explain to you in Chapter 6.

Stained glass dog roses by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass We fire our glass at a fairly high temperature because we like the silk, smooth effect this gives. We usually go to 675 centigrade / 1250 Fahrenheit and “soak” the glass there for up to 5 minutes. On the way down, we anneal the glass so that its stresses are relieved.

Take note: this is all done in a single firing. Our book tells you how we do this.

And then it’s time to put away the brushes: it’s only once you’ve leaded and cemented the window that you can see what the stained glass window really looks like.

That’s just one sequence of stained glass painting techniques that we use at our studio. We pick and choose our techniques, depending on the project.

If you’re new to painting on glass, we can show you how to do it beautifully. If you already paint, our techniques will add to your skills. We care about how you paint: we’ll be glad to show you what we know.

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5 valuable Free guides

We’ve also prepared a series of 5 valuable free guides. Here’s where you can download your 1st Free guide: it will open in a pop-up window. All you need to do is click here and save it: I want to know about the tools & materials of stained glass painting. If your computer blocks this pop-up, download the Free guides from our online stained glass studio.

To download your 2nd Free guide, just click here: I want to know how to prepare my painting palette. But PLEASE only download this Free guide if you are really interested in the techniques of stained glass painting. This Free guide is a serious 2-page step-by-step photographic overview for people like you who are serious about stained glass painting.

Here’s where you can download your 3rd Free guide from Williams & Byrne. Just click here: I want to know about blending. (Also see Chapter 3 on shading, a brilliant technique: do the shading first, add the trace lines afterwards!)

Stained glass bathroom panel by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

To see how much work we put into our designs, just click here for your 4th Free guide: I want to see how you design on paper.

The 5th Free guide is highly controversial. It describes the big myths of stained glass painting. The myths which “everyone believes” but which – like the Emperor’s New Clothes in the fairy tale – are common beliefs which can hold you back. Don’t let them hold you back. Click here and download the 6 Bad Myths of Stained Glass Painting.

So please do take your 5 Free guides and learn everything you can from them.

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Swift delivery!

You get the Free guides with just a few clicks. It’s the same with the book and the bonus stained glass designs.

See the amazing topics that we explain.
Choose the 3 BONUS stained glass designs you want: this offer ends 31st May 2008.
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There’s no waiting around for anything to be packed and posted to your door - you can print and use each chapter straight away.

Water-coloured design for a stained glass kingfisher by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

Everything is PDF format for PC or Mac. You use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print them. This is probably already installed on your computer. If it isn’t, you can get Adobe Reader for free from here.

“The download was very straightforward and I had the PDF within a minute or so” (Ross J., Wellington, NZ)

You can download the Free guides, the book and your BONUS stained glass patterns right now.

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Limited time …

David painting a memorial stained glass window We design and make beautiful painted stained glass windows, so our time for teaching is a limited. It’s designing and painting which earns us our living. We balance this against the teaching which brings us friendship.

If you’re serious about painting beautiful stained glass, do not miss what we can teach you.

Why make unnecessary mistakes with badly mixed paint when we can show you how the experts mix their paint? (Hint: experts don’t mix one tablespoon at a time!)
Why fire your glass many times when we can show you how to paint glass in just one firing? (We sometimes paint 5 or more layers of paint, then fire our glass just once.)
Why paint on just one side of the glass? (Painting on the front and back creates a magical sense of depth as we will show you.)
Do you know how to paint on the back and front in just one firing? (Again, this is a technique which will not just save you time but also add beauty to your work.)
Everyone says, “Paint the trace lines first”: we show you why everyone is wrong! (We show you how to paint the shadows first. Believe us, it’s astonishing. See for yourself.)
And now ... how to paint with oil on top of unfired water-based paint. (Not even Albinus Elskus explains this in his book.)

Consider this:

Have you come across another successful stained glass studio which is willing to share its knowledge in this way?

Click here to download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting.

You want to learn, of course you do – that’s why you’re here!

When we paint our stained glass, we want a balance between seriousness and pleasure. We enjoy what we do (pleasure), but we also strive to do our best (seriousness). We don’t feel there’s much point to our glass painting unless we constantly learn and aim for higher things. But we also want to be happy.

You already understand this. That’s why you’re interested in the techniques of stained glass painting. That’s why you want to improve your glass painting. – You want to paint beautiful glass at the same time as enjoying what you do!

Stained glass crow by Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass Whether you’re starting out or learning more, whether you paint to live or paint to relax, just look at our painted glass and you can see there’s something more to learn.

Here’s where you can find out what you need.

As we said, we don’t like secrets. We are glad to tell you what we know. Our expert chapters contain clear step-by-step descriptions and 100s of full-colour images which show you our techniques.

Since you’re serious about painting even better, download our book. Use our techniques. We know your glass painting will reach new heights.

Here’s where you download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting.

We guarantee it

We’re so confident that we give you a rock-solid money-back guarantee: our book can improve your glass painting in just 7 days or your money back and you keep everything (including what you’ve learned!)

“What’s in your book on beautiful stained glass painting?”

Each of the 6 chapters is packed with tips, photos, techniques and secrets which will change the way you paint stained glass.

You’ll paint much better with properly mixed paint, that’s for sure. That’s why you’ll find our special recipe and technique for mixing glass paint and water in Part 1. Professionally mixed paint makes beautiful glass painting much easier.

Get Part 1 here: a fantastic recipe for mixing paint.

Want to improve your tracing? In Part 2 we show you how to paint lovely silhouettes. This is the best way of tracing better than ever before.

Get Part 2 here: a great way to paint beautiful silhouettes.

How about shading and matting? Most people find it difficult to shade. Most people do this after tracing. But do you want to find an astonishing technique for painting the shading first of all? Part 3 introduces you to a marvellous technique for painting the most gorgeous shadows.

Get Part 3 here: you can paint gorgeous shadows.

You’ll also want to know about making different thickness and strength of line, so Part 4 contains an absolutely wonderful project to develop your skills with the tracing brush.

Get Part 4 here: delightful ways of tracing beautifully.

Part 5 looks at highlighting. Put your highlights in the wrong place, and you can ruin your painting. Put your highlights in the right place, and your glass will sing.

Get Part 5 here: exquisite highlights.

Part 6 explains oil-based painting. Not painting with a nib but painting with a brush. And painting with a brush on top of unfired water-based paint!

Get Part 6 here: the secrets of painting with oil.

Download this book now and start learning the secrets of professional glass painters. Click here to download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting.

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May 2008 – we also give you BONUS stained glass designs to copy

As designers and painters of beautiful stained glass, we know that it’s much easier to paint glass beautifully when you’re using lovely designs to work from. That’s why we also let you choose from a beautiful selection of stained glass designs when you download our book.

For a limited time only, there are 3 gorgeous stained glass designs of ours as a bonus with each book. Look at the lovely selection that you can choose from:

Many of the glass painting designs also come with step-by-step photographs of how we paint them — just like you see for the wild lion earlier.

What’s most important to us is that you paint beautifully and happily on glass. That’s why we want to show you how to paint on stained glass: it’s such a pleasure to paint on glass!

This offer of 3 bonus stained glass designs will end at midnight on 31st May 2008.

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The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting

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Williams & Byrne
Designers, Painters & Restorers of Glass
Telephone +44 (0) 1584 856724
Williams & Byrne Limited
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