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Stained Glass - How To Paint Glass Beautifully

"Complete and easy to follow" (Jeannette A., Florida, USA)

"Fantastic as always" (Simon O' C., England)

Are you looking for an amazing and practical guide to the wonderful art of stained glass painting? Then download this photo-packed, step-by-step book, The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting:
  • Mix your glass paint like the experts do
  • Create stunning pitch-black silhouettes on glass
  • Add subtle shadows and matting before you trace
  • Learn to trace light lines and dark, thin lines and thick
  • Make enchanting, sparkling highlights
  • Paint with oil on top of unfired water-based paint
And so much more ...

Important: special offer ends May 31st 2008.

"I am truly impressed by your art. THANKS for the inspiration" (Bill S., Kentucky, USA)

These Beautiful Techniques of Stained Glass Painting

We are a wonderfully successful stained glass studio - Williams & Byrne, of England, UK. Our speciality is beautiful kiln-fired stained glass painting based on gorgeous and original designs.

This unique web site is where you can discover how we paint glass so beautifully. We can show you how it's done.

Learn our Techniques and Secrets

"You are very generous to help others with glass painting the way you do. It is truly appreciated" (Dave E., Ohio, USA)

Imagine what you will paint on glass when you discover our techniques of beautiful stained glass painting. We are passionate about telling you what we know:
  • Fantastic glass painting techniques in every chapter
  • Hundreds of color photos to show you how to paint stained glass
  • Clear, step-by-step instructions
  • Professional secrets from our famous glass painting studio
"Outstanding!" (Terry S., Dartmouth, Canada)

Read The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting

"Thanks again for the invaluable instruction!" (Jayne F., Manchester, England)

This book is written by professional stained glass painters because we want to show you how to paint beautiful stained glass.

If you have the power to learn how to paint glass beautifully, then do yourself the favour and learn what we know about how to paint stained glass. Let us show you what we know.

Get to know what we know - download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting today.

Stained Glass Painting - 5 Free Guides

"Your lessons are wonderful and they have been very helpful to me (Sandra M., Ontario, Canada)

Have you got your valuable 5 Free guides to painting stained glass?
  • 6 big myths
  • Tools and materials
  • How to prepare your palette
  • All about blending
  • How we paint our designs in water-color
To get these excellent guides to stained glass painting, scroll down and add them to your cart.

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Stained Glass Painting - 6 Bad Myths Stained Glass Painting - 6 Bad Myths

Guide #1

You MUST read this fascinating guide. In 3 short pages this guide explodes the 6 bad myths which "everybody knows" about how to paint stained glass.

We know these are just wrong-headed myths because, when we paint stained glass, we do just the opposite of what they say. And our glass is stunning.

Now you can discover that what you'll read elsewhere is nearly always wrong.

There is no charge for this contraversial 3-page guide. We couldn't put a price on it. We want to publish our tested and proven results to the widest possible audience. Get this fascinating myth-busting guide TODAY.

Our revolutionary book shows you a liberating way of painting glass - it's actually how glass painting was done before the Establishment got set up and imposed a harmful, single way of doing things. Free yourself from the myths and get The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting: it will take your painting to new heights.

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Find Out About The Tools & Materials We Use To Paint Stained Glass Find Out About The Tools & Materials We Use To Paint Stained Glass

Guide #2

What tools and materials do you need for beautiful kiln-fired stained glass painting?

Do you know your "blender" from your "scrub"? What's the difference between a "goose" and a "lark"? What kinds of kiln-fired glass paints are there? What sort of light do you need for a light-box? What do you do with a painting bridge?

If you're new to kiln-fired stained glass painting, this guide will give you an excellent idea of the tools and materials you need.

It contains sections on health and safety, paint, light boxes and bridges, palettes, palette knives, mixing bowls, jam-jars, covers, kilns and brushes.

A 7-page guide: download it now for Free. Just add it to your cart.

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Find Out How To Prepare Your Stained Glass Palette Find Out How To Prepare Your Stained Glass Palette

Guide #3

Does your palette often look messy, dry and dirty?

The problem is that a messy palette will stop you from painting the best you can. And there's no one on this planet who can paint with a dry palette ...

We know you'll paint much better with a well-organized palette.

So, do you want to know the best way to prepare your palette and paint for painting?

This 2-page photographic overview will show you what to do. The perfect companion to Part 1 - A Fantastic Recipe For Mixing Paint - and it's FREE!

Download this Free guide now. Just click "Add to Cart".

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Find Out About Blenders Find Out About Blenders

Guide #4

Shading and blending are things that many glass painters find difficult. So here's where we start to help you and to show you what we know. This 5-page guide discusses topics like:

  • The 2 most important uses for a blender
  • The 3 different kinds of blender
  • The various paints and mixtures that blenders can be used with
  • Cleaning your blender
And ... many tips and techniques of blending and shading!

The perfect companion to Part 3 - You Can Paint Gorgeous Shadows - and it's FREE! Download it now. Just click "Add to Cart".

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Find out How We Prepare Our Stained Glass Designs Find out How We Prepare Our Stained Glass Designs

Guide #5

Here's a FREE two-page overview in photographs which shows you how we prepare our gorgeous water-colored stained glass designs. From the smallest design to the largest, you will see the care we always take.

This short guide shows you how we use water-coloured paints to design the lovely decoration in Project #1. - This is an absolute must-have to improve your tracing (as well as painting back and front in a b>single firing): click here for Project #1.

A 2-page guide that is ready to download to your mailbox NOW. Just add it to your cart.

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Who We Are Who We Are

Designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

We're David Williams and Stephen Byrne of Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass.

To see how well we paint on glass and to see how much we want to teach you, visit our main web site by clicking here now.

Read about us in famous magazines: just click "add to cart".

"Who we are" is important because (1) you can see we paint beautiful stained glass and (2) this site is where we teach you our brilliant glass painting techniques.

Other than that, the only thing which counts is what you want to know about stained glass painting. If you want to know what we know, then download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting today.

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David Williams David Williams

Director, Williams & Byrne

David has designed, painted and restored stained glass for over 25 years.

He began with a traditional 8-year apprenticeship, then followed this with 15 years as studio manager and chief designer at the largest stained glass painting studio in central England.

In 2004, he and Stephen Byrne established Williams & Byrne, their innovative glass painting studio, in Shropshire, UK.

Students travel to visit the studio from the USA, Japan, New Zealand, Australia - and of course from all over the UK and mainland Europe.

Spaces are limited, and, to teach properly, we must limit numbers to about 24 people in any one year: our time is scarce, because we are always busy designing and painting!

But you, wherever you are, can download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting from here. 





Stephen Byrne Stephen Byrne

Director, Williams & Byrne

Stephen trained under David when David was studio manager and chief designer at the stained glass studio in central England.

Stephen came to stained glass late in life, having studied Philosophy and then having worked in the City of London for 12 years. The former got him a doctorate, and the latter showed him he was happier working with his hands.

After 3 years together at the previous studio, David and Stephen established Williams & Byrne, their marvellous design and glass painting studio in Shropshire, UK. The studio is also a centre for excellent teaching - we want you to learn what we know





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We are absolutely confident of the value of the skills that we can teach you about beautiful stained glass painting. You have our 7-day risk free money-back guarantee: tell us within 7 days of downloading anything from this site and we will send you a full refund.

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Remember you have a 7-day risk-free guarantee. Either you love what you get from us or we return your money. We know the value of what we will show you.

The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting

Paint Stained Glass like the Experts Do

"Your downloads are always so brilliant and inventive!" (Hil G. - Somerset, England)

"You two are the Masters. You know, Stephen, of all the books I have looked at in the library your chapters are the most helpful. You can see that you really want to help and share your tips and ideas with everyone" (Eve H., California, USA)

Beginner or expert, we can change the way you paint on glass: use our techniques to paint your glass beautifully.

Here's what you can download right now:
  1. A recipe for mixing paint like the experts do
  2. The secret of pitch-black silhouettes
  3. How to shade and matt before you trace and fire
  4. 4 techniques of tracing
  5. The essential skills of highlighting
  6. An oil-based glass painting method that's been forgotten for ceturies
100 photo-packed pages of professional techniques and secrets for really beautiful stained glass painting.

And here's what's going on in this fantastic book of ours: we show you how to do all your painting in one firing. That's something which is certainly worth knowing.
  • How to trace
  • How to shade
  • How to highlight
  • How to flood
  • How to mix and store paint
  • How to paint with oil on top of unfired water-based paint
  • How to paint on the back and front of the glass and fire just once

And, on top of all that, how to fire your glass just once.

There are hundreds of close-up color photos. This book is written for you by experts. It is packed with clear step-by-step-instructions. It is backed by hundreds of testimonials.

Guarantee: you always have our 7-day risk-free money-back guarantee.

Special Offer ONLY for May 2008: we won't sell our gorgeous stained glass designs. But we will give you 3 BONUS designs when you download this marvellous book. 3 beautiful stained glass designs for you to download and paint for yourself.

You choose the designs you want: the 12 signs of the zodiac (counts as one choice), a magnificent king's head, or 8 heraldic beasts (counts as one choice) ... and many more. Some stained glass designs even come with step-by-step photographs to show you how we paint them.

To download this amazing book on the techniques and secrets of beautiful stained glass painting, just add it to your cart right now. Scroll down to see the selection of lovely designs, then select them from the drop-down boxes which you see below.

Important: This is an introductory price and offer for May 2008 only. Offer ends at midnight 31st May 2008 (UK time).

This month only, you save 33% on the regular price of £15.00 and get 3 bonus stained glass designs: download this excellent book today. There's nothing else like it to blow the myths away.

Note: £1.00 GBP = about $2 USD.

Change the way you paint stained glass: download this book now. 



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Project #1 - Paint This Lovely Stained Glass Decoration With Us


Your Questions About Glass Painting

When you get The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting, simply include your order number in the subject line of your message, and we'll answer your questions to the best of our ability. We don't know everything, but we know a lot, and we will therefore give you the best information that we have.

Project #1 Project #1

Paint This Lovely Stained Glass Decoration With Us

"I am very impressed ... I especially appreciate all of the detailed pictures" (Dave T. - Virginia, USA)

Many of you have also asked us for more projects to copy and make. Here's the first of a series which will give you real pleasure all the while you paint your glass.

Here's a lovely decoration for you to make. Step-by-step we show you how it's done. This 11-page chapter contains:

  • Clear instructions
  • Close-up color photographs of each stage
  • A one-page photographic project summary
  • A copy of the beautiful stained glass design for you to paint
  • An image of our finished painted glass
We also explain the tools and brushes that we use.

Uniquely informative, wonderfully practical: our photo-packed step-by-step stained glass painting guides are the best you'll find.

Guarantee: you always have our 7-day risk-free money-back guarantee.

"Just a short note now to tell you that I am delighted with your book: what a lot of work you have put into it. Bravo!" (Kenneth L., New Jersey, USA)

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Techniques & Secrets Part 1 - A Fantastic Recipe For Mixing Stained Glass Paint


Techniques & Secrets Part 1 Techniques & Secrets Part 1

A Fantastic Recipe For Mixing Stained Glass Paint

"A new world has opened for me ... really fascinating!" (Ivo de C. - Antwerp, Belgium)

The first secret of beautiful stained glass painting is expertly-mixed paint.

When you mix paint as we'll show you, you'll find it's so much easier to paint glass beautifully. Which is exactly what we want: we want you to paint glass as beautifully as only you can. And our technique for mixing paint will make the difference.

Here's what we tell you in Part 1:

  • All the ingredients you need, and their proportions
  • How to test your paint
  • The consistency you need
  • The tools and equipment you need
  • How to keep your paint fresh overnight
  • The different kinds of paint
In fact, we tell you exactly how to mix fantastic paint. You'll trace and shade better than ever before. We know you will.

This is just the first of many techniques that other "How To" books forget - other books will tell you just to "mix your paint" and then start painting. That's not helpful, is it? Our way is very different. And our way is amazing.

Guarantee: you always have our 7-day risk-free money-back guarantee.

Special Offer: there are 3 beautiful BONUS stained glass designs for you to download and paint for yourself. You choose which designs you want.

Important: special offer ends May 31st 2008.

"Thanks for your quick reaction. The chapters are a great help for us" (Ab E., Veldhoven, Netherlands)

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Imagine ...

"I've wanted to paint on glass for many years - and now I finally do it. I see the beautiful results that I can obtain with your help" (Adela S. - Guatamala)

That's the special difference we can make to how you paint stained glass.

If you want to know, we can show you how it's done. We know how to paint stained glass beautifully. Our guides and chapters tell you what we know.

"I can't begin to thank you enough for your beautiful book" (Kevin T. - Florida, USA)

To download The Techniques & Secrets of Beautiful Glass Painting, click here.

Techniques & Secrets Part 2 - A Great Way To Paint Beautiful Stained Glass Silhouettes


Techniques & Secrets Part 2 Techniques & Secrets Part 2

A Great Way To Paint Beautiful Stained Glass Silhouettes

"Thanks so much for all the helpful tips and information" (Eve H. - California, USA)

Here for you now is the secret of stunning, pitch-black silhouettes - an essential technique that you'll use time and time again.

A stained glass silhouette is beautiful: there is a lovely contrast between the transparency of the glass and the complete darkness of the paint.

And, by painting stained glass silhouettes, you'll learn many other important skills as well, such as:
  • How to use your light-box to prevent mistakes on glass
  • How to create an undercoat of paint that helps you trace light, lovely and delicate lines
  • How to build up lines to the darkness that you want
  • How to cover large areas of glass with even, dark paint that doesn't blister in the kiln
  • How to use needles and scrubs to create highlights
And we'll teach you many other skills as well.

  • More than 70 color photographs to show you how to paint stained glass
  • Step-by-step instructions in clear English
Guarantee: you always have our 7-day risk-free money-back guarantee.

Special Offer: there are 3 beautiful BONUS stained glass designs for you to download and paint for yourself. You choose which designs you want.

Important: special offer ends May 31st 2008.

"I would like to tell you that I enjoy very much your chapters on glass painting which help me to produce projects with a better understanding of the art. It is also very helpful since I am in Canada and cannot take the sessions at your studio ... for the moment" (Joanne L, Manitoba, Canada)

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Techniques & Secrets Part 3 - You Can Paint Gorgeous Shadows On Stained Glass


Techniques & Secrets Part 3 Techniques & Secrets Part 3

You Can Paint Gorgeous Shadows on Stained Glass

"I must say how useful and brilliant these chapters are. Finding your site was a revelation" (Julia H. - Sussex, England)

Would you like to know how to paint gorgeous shadows on stained glass? - This chapter is for everyone who wants to shade beautifully

Now look at the 2 photos on the left: we'll show you how to change the sharp thin line into the soft gentle shadow below. Just imagine what you'll be able to do with this technique ... faces, clothes, clouds, hands, flowers ... so many lovely things.

This technique is part of our brilliant method of firing in the kiln just once. You see, many people think you trace the outline first, then fire this in the kiln, then add the shading, then fire the glass a second time ... and then fire it a third time. And maybe even fire the glass a fourth time.

Well, we show you a different way to paint on glass. We show you how to do the shading first, add the details, and then fire the glass just once.

This will save you time. It will also save you electricity or gas.

But the very best thing is this: our technique will also give you a new confidence in how to paint stained glass for yourself.

We also show you how to paint a lovely medieval leaf with this technique.

  • More than 60 color photographs to show you how to paint gorgeously soft shadows
  • Step-by-step instructions in clear English
  • 11 expert pages
Guarantee: you always have our 7-day risk-free money-back guarantee.

Special Offer: there are 3 beautiful BONUS stained glass designs for you to download and paint for yourself. You choose which designs you want.

Important: special offer ends May 31st 2008.

"I'm so impressed with your service and speed of delivery and organized web page that I am in awe! Your information is great too and I look forward to putting it into practice" (Mandy W., Dargaville, New Zealand)

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Techniques & Secrets Part 4 - Delightful Ways Of Stained Glass Tracing


Techniques & Secrets Part 4 Techniques & Secrets Part 4

Delightful Ways Of Stained Glass Tracing

"You are both gentlemen and damned fine teachers!" (Patrick G. - Falkirk, Scotland)

Delicate long thin lines and bold dark strokes: here we show you how to trace confidently and with style.

This entertaining chapter is detailed yet simple to follow. It's packed with tips. Its 19 pages are full of step-by-step images. And it's fun: look at this splendid frog that you'll learn to paint on glass.

Here's what we show you:
  • How to trace lightly
  • How to reinforce a line
  • How to thicken a line
  • How to use spots to create shadows and texture
  • How to create different kinds of highlight
And we also tell you about the different kinds of tracing brushes,