Stained Glass

FAMOUS STAINED GLASS ARTIST

Click on Artists name to see their work. 

--John La Farge (1835–1910)

---Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)

Tiffany lamps were created by Louis Comfort Tiffany and his design studio, Tiffany Studios, with many of the most iconic lamp designs—including the Dragonfly, Wisteria, and Peony patterns—

actually designed and led by Clara Driscoll, who headed the studio's Women's Glass Cutting Department (known as the "Tiffany Girls")

--Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928)

--Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959)

--Henri Matisse (1869–1954)

--Marc Chagall (1887–1985)

How the Light moves through the Glass... 

TIme lapse video

https://aeon.co/videos/timelapse-transforms-stained-glass-light-into-a-stunning-kaleidoscopic-display

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque

Muhammad Hasan Memar and Muhammad Reza Kashi Pz-e-Shirazi

Mark Chagall

TYPES OF STAINED GLASS WINDOWS

STEPS-

PLAN

Plan the shape, design, and colors of your window. 

DRAWING

Get black/dark paper

Choose type of window you want.

Leaving a 2 inch border, 

Draw with pencil on black paper, use ruler to keep window straight,/symmetrical

Outline with white PrismaColor. 

BLENDING

ColorBlend with Pastels (oil or chalk). 

*See how the light creates multi-tints/shades of ONE COLOR in each piece?

BLURRING

choose 1 point source of light location. 

Use lines coming from that ONE SOURCE. 

Use finger to blur out from that one spot of light. 

Blur out about 5-7 different directions. 

touch up black lines in window

You can line a RULER with the LIGHT and the LIGHT RAY. 

CLEANING UP

Use black oil pastel for the seperation lines of the glass peices. 

Optional: add shadows from the window sill where the is NO glow streaks.

BLURRING TECHNIQUE