Thank you Danny!

Hello everyone,
I came across an old glass sign in Lisbon with a very interessing effect. It is like water droplets. Can anyone tell me how is this done?
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Thank you all for your opinions! I'm pretty sure it is painted directly in the glass, and they don't want it restored because there's two glasses and this one on the photo is the one in better shape( they eventually would like to preserve this ones and make a copy. I'll keep you all posted.

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Hello everyone, This is a beautiful shop in Lisbon that needs some restoration. I've been ask for a quotation to reproduce all the glass panels, but what concernes me most is the pictorial part of it. Is very detailed and i was wondering if someone can give me an advice how to make it, should i pain...

Thank you all for your tips. The client chose exactly the sample i posted here, so i'll go with the oil size and large wrinkles. Once again many thanks.

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First test.- Water based size and fixed with varnish.

The sample i was given access to it is not a "perfect" gilding the applied gold is wrickled and not straight, i mean that's the effect they want. It also has some kind of canvas backing, maybe to aply some kind of adesive to stick to the wall. The project consists in covering the pillars o...

Hello everyone.
A client of mine just ask me for a quote for 100 square meters of gilded glass. I'll have to use fake gold leaf. What kind of size do you recomend and after the gold aplied how'll i fix it? I've never did such a large area and i need some hints.

Thank you for your help!
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Hello everyone!
Just finished my first glasswork, it involved reverse glass painting and some silver gilding (imitation leaf!).

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Hello everyone and happy new year! I need to do a couple of signs and i'm finding hard to do it with the detail i want. The problem is that i have to reverse glass paint a very large area and i'm not satisfied with the first test ( the flower banner on top). Is there any technique i can use to do th...

Thank you Erik,
I'll be very happy to show you lisbon and it's signs, the problem is i don't have a studio yet. I'm focusing in the glass sign now, never did it before, only my dad used to do it.

Thank you for your sugestions, I'll probably going to use a opaque glass paint.

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Hello everyone,
I need to a painted glass, the bottom part i can manage- some lettering with silver leaf gilding- the top part is what is bothering me, can i paint with acrylic? Check the link, its the two signs in the corner.

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David
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29784058

Thank you Roderick, I will try, but the mentality here in relation to signs is "the cheaper the better" and it's a heart breaking experience, when you walk around the city center and see those wonderful old shops all wraped in vinyl. I've been practicing the glass sign techniques, i've nev...

Hello everyone, My name is David de Oliveira and i'm from Portugal. Beeing a son of a sign painter, i was born amongst the paints, signs, sable brushes and mahl sticks in my dad's workshop, the smell of turps and thinner is part of my childhood realm. I've learn the trade with my father at a very ea...