Reverse Lampshading Process...

I like the shape of a crystal lampshade, so I purchase them, which this is...lets walk through the process of reverse painting with glass on glass in traditional techniques for museum quality. Using a special mix of paint with fine ground glass and an added amount of flux so the kiln can embed these elixirs at a lower temperature keeping my shades shape, we begin with what is called the line drawing. This is painted on the inside of the shade in the reverse pattern of your intended drawing.

I am showing just 2 sides of the shade. The fist one is a pioneer family in front of their sod house...the second image is on the trail setting up camp for supper...

this becomes the first kiln firing..

Next I totally black matte the inside of the shade.

This shows the inside totally black...then with scrub brushes and picks I gently remove the matted paint to give details to the images.

This takes hours depending on how much detail you wish to portray...I am keeping it simple since the images are not going to have a lot of designs on clothes and that sort of thing they used homespun fabrics and basic basic living utensils

The letters Yous view are portraying a homestead certified ticket which would give the homesteader their location to stop...also a portion of journal recording the trip...here you can see how the scrubbed areas respond to the matte being removed...this is the same portion above "on the trail stopping for supper"

and the pioneer family in front of their sod house...

tomorrow this fires in the kiln and sets the matte process into the glass..next is color!

2 W 4 1/2 S

This is where I am with the painting 2 W 4 1/2 S...

Here is the last updated version...I smoothed out the 'bulls eye' effect around 'Platte' and brightened it up some. Added texture. I am not sure if it is finished yet...for one thing the picture has a little glare to it. Eventually i hope to be done with this one!

you can click on the picture and bring them up to see them better...thank you for looking.

Next Collage Started

I began the next collage in the Homestead SD series.

The homestead in this picture is a little large.

You can see the additions made as the farm prospered.

This painting is better planned than the last one I hope it goes together easier and faster.

I enlarged a portion of map with the Platte area.

It shows Rt 44..that is taken W of town.

I will put an road going south that will lead to the rest of the directions and the title of the painting...2 mi W 5 mi S...I think it will be 5 miles I need to travel it to make sure.

The fence I am going to put in the foreground of this painting will be a post and barbed wire model. In my mind the fences tie it together as a element for my series.

The homestead painting on the canvas you see i am taking from a photograph I took of the place.

Using permanent ink I have drawn the likeness and used several washes to get this much to date.

Stay tuned

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