Glass Paint for A-level Project

by Hannah
(England)

I desperately need to glass paint my A-level project, but have found that when I try and paint it with the oil based paints its spreads very unevenly and doesn't look good or neat.
I need to paint it by Thursday for it to dry in time, but I'm really not sure what to do. I have the proper paintbrushes there's 5 different thicknesses but none do the job how I would like it to. Please help!

Milly's suggestion: Ok, you've got to be quick! Thanks for the photo, it really helps me to see what's going on. It looks like you're not putting enough paint on in the first place. I've used the Pebeo Vitrail range with success - they're 'cold' paints, which means you don't have to fire them in a glass kiln. There is a transparent range, and they dry fairly quickly.
Put the paint on liberally with quite a stiff small brush, using small circles rather than long brush strokes. You want to cover the area by filling it with paint, rather than smearing it with strokes, if that makes sense?
Try on a small test area first. Good luck, and fingers crossed for your glass paint project.

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