I write a few sentences about my tutorial and what materials were available to me.
When I decided to become a glass painter, I started researching the internet looking for all sorts of tutorials. I found 1-2 books that I got but none taught the technique. None of the books gave me the plus I was looking for.
1 year and 3 months after my first picture was taken, I started showing people my creations. There was so much interest in my paintings that I could not have imagined. I kept getting positive feedback. 1 month later one of the ladies in the group asked the questions ...
Do you teach online? Do you have a tutorial?
Of course, it hadn’t occurred to me to teach anyone until then, because I thought my paintings weren’t perfect either and I also have plenty more to learn. 1 day later, other people asked the same thing. I looked at the messages and over 2 days more than 11 people were waiting for my response. I started researching the internet again to see if there is any similar education, training or school here in the United States. I couldn't find anything. It made me realize that I needed to write a tutorial.
Due to the pandemic, personal education was impossible because I have asthma.
I responded to people to give me 2 weeks and put together the tutorial. I had to push this date all the time because I couldn’t write as high quality tutorials what I wanted.
There was a time when I had no inspiration to write.
For the paint knowledge book, I researched the internet for several weeks about what paints can be obtained from somewhere in the United States. I had to try these paints because of their quality. At first I thought this booklet would be good for 21 pages. Eventually, it became more than 100 pages long. I think I wrote everything I could about the paints. Paint knowledge is not enough for someone to learn to paint glass.
I started writing a book on the technique of contouring. No matter how you pull the beak of the tube, several effects can be achieved. By the time I finished this it was already January ... 2021
The next book was about how to mix paints with each other or on their own. It doesn’t matter if you use oil-based or water-based paint. Glass paint does not work like an acrylic or an oil paint. You need to know the properties of paints. You may not be able to mix 2 different brands of oil-based paints. I write about this in detail in my books.
Glass painting is not only a great hobby but you can also make gifts with it and make money.. My 4th book was born on this topic.
Many people have asked me how I have videos of how I paint? I didn’t make any videos for a long time but then I made a total of 9 videos.
I was thinking you don’t know exactly what paint you need to buy, so now I’m adding a glass painting starter kit as a gift to the package. This will save you a lot of time and energy as well as money.
I finished the tutorial in March, which includes my heart and soul. Accept with love.
I want you to enjoy glass painting as much pleasure as this technique has given me.
https://www.erikafineart.com/tutorial
If you have decided to purchase one of my tutorials, believe me you are making a good decision. You’ll have a lot of fun painting and I won’t leave you alone either. Any questions, feel free to contact me and I will help you.
