REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS
Reverse painting on glass is an art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image.
One of the challenges
of reverse painting on glass is that
unlike conventional painting on opaque
supports, you must paint the highlights
first. For example, in painting a
face, you have to remember to put
the pupil of an eye on the glass
before the iris, exactly the opposite
of normal painting. If you neglect
to put the pupil on the glass first,
you won't be able to correct the
error as you cannot get in between
the glass & the paint you've
applied. This process is not like
stained or leaded glass work in that
it is not intended to hang in a window
with light coming through the piece.
Hanging on a wall, framed or unframed,
with a lot of light directed towards
the piece provides best viewing.
I recycle old wooden windows to paint
on.
