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Glass Painting Trends
From gift shops to magazines, housewares featuring vibrant hand-painted detailing on glass are everywhere and super popular right now. Designs ranging from intricate to simple to whimsical are appearing on our favorite home decor and gift items. Here are some of the many beautiful ways that glassware is being embellished with paint.
- Weddings-His and hers champagne glasses for toasting
Bridesmaid and Maid-of-honor wine glasses and gifts
- Shower gifts-Sweet baby items adorned with baby's name and date of birth, nursery accessories
- Glassware-Patterns, animal prints and florals embellish many glasses
- Home decor-Canisters, coasters, vases and more accented with icons and patterns
Now that you know the trends, get started creating these popular looks with FolkArt Enamels.
Creating the Look
Painting on glass is easy with FolkArt ® Enamels™, the perfect paint for embellishing home decor items! FolkArt Enamels are premium, artist quality paints available in a wide palette of beautiful colors. The paint goes on rich, smooth, and creamy, just like FolkArt paints, for exceptional cover and superior scratch resistance.
Using FolkArt Enamels
FolkArt Enamels are perfect for painting on glass,ceramic and porcelain surfaces. They adhere easily to slick, smooth surfaces and won't chip. They're even dishwasher safe!
Because the paint is one-step easy, there's no surface preparation required, other than properly cleaning your surface. Enamels can be mixed, blended, and brushed like other FolkArt paints, so they can be used for One Stroke and other popular techniques.
Cleanup, Safety and Washing
FolkArt Enamels are waterbased and non-toxic and dry to an opaque finish and gloss sheen. Cleanup (while wet) is easy with soap and water. Painted projects will cure naturally when air-dried for 21 days, or for enhanced durability, they can be baked in the oven following the instructions on the paint bottle. Best of all, painted creations are easy to care for - they'll hold fast and maintain their glorious color, even when washed on the top rack of the dishwasher!
Making the line even more versatile is FolkArt Enamels Clear Medium. When used with FolkArt Enamels, this medium allows you to create transparent effects without losing adhesion. To make transparent paint, mix equal amounts of Clear Medium and FolkArt Enamel. Or use it like a floating medium for shading and highlighting.
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