Tanjore Glass Paintings

In this technique Tanjore paintings are done on glass. This is similar to reverse glass painting. The effect is one of stunning clarity and rich color adding the beauty.

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Method of Tanjore glass painting

Material required

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• Glass paints,
• outliner,
• Oil paints,
• gold dust and the required medium for it,
• aluminium foil
  
  

  Let’s start

  
  Step1
  Choose a design of Tanjore Style
  
  Step2
  Stick the design with tape on the corners and make the outline of the design using glass outliners on the reverse side of the glass. You can use black colour outliner or any colour of your choice. (To make outliners at home check out glass liners)
  
  Step3
  First put glass paints for shiny items like jewels, decoration etc....Wherever you stick stones in ordinary Tanjore painting, you have to put glass paint here. Better to use only red and green colour. Only they are very bright and suit for Gods. Make sure they don't come out of the outline. Clean any smudges then and there.
  
  Step 4
  Later mix gold dust with medium and apply as background for jewels etc...
  
  Step 5
  Then apply the oil paints with proper shading. Oil paints take a long time to dry, so start painting from top to bottom.
  
  After drying frame with the Aluminium foil background for enhanced effect.
  
  Hope this information has helped you . Do have a look on links to find tanjore painting designs on your right. Do post your comments and ideas on the tag board on the right. If you are interested in other forms of painting then click the link below