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Gail Davison | all galleries >> Photo Galleries >> World In My Eyes - PAD >> PESO 2009 > 31 January 2009
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31-JAN-2009

31 January 2009

I've been learning to paint on glass. Sounds easy doesn't it. Well there's the mixing of the paint and gum arabic - the proportions have to be exactly right and the paint dries out really quickly to you have to tend it all the time, topping it up with a little water and mixing it until it stands up like a small lump of jelly. Then you have to be able to paint! Luckily I can trace! This is before it goes in the kiln. I'll get it back on Tuesday and then I'll think about whether I want to embellish it.

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Ann...02-Feb-2009 08:57
LOL @ JW !! It sounds a painstaking process and that in itself is rewarding... roll on Tuesday!!!!
Guest 02-Feb-2009 07:58
I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished result - does it change colours (like some paint on pottery after it's been burnt) or is that what it will look like afterwards?
JW01-Feb-2009 22:29
How cool! It must be frustrating having to wait for the results to come back - isn't there a digital version that you can 'chimp' straight afterwards and glamblur or tweak the curves a bit? LOL!
Guest 01-Feb-2009 20:35
Really looking forward to Tuesday's image!
Phillip Normanton01-Feb-2009 20:05
Sounds like hard work... not to mention comlexicated :o) can't wait to see what it looks like when it comes back... :-)
Nicki Thurgar01-Feb-2009 19:57
You are SO clever & talented Gail! You need to open your own shop! :o)
beverley harrison01-Feb-2009 19:31
sounds like fun...can't wait to see how it turns out...and i love gheckos!!