We need:For template:
— Paper;
— Pencil;
— Eraser;
— Coloured pencils: yellow, red, blue, dark blue (optional);
— Tracing (optional).
For magnet:
— 5x6 cm glass, I used triplex crackled glass;
— Glass colours: white, yellow, red, blue and thinner.
Turkish blue and
gold colours are optional. I use the Italian colours
Idea Vetro by
Maimery.
— Glass contours (outliners):
white and
light silver.
— Acrylic paint with frost effect. I use German colour
HobbyLine blue «Frost».
— Brush №2, better synthetic one.
— Vinyl magnet.
— Supporting materials: cotton buds and toothpicks to correct colours and contours. Paper napkins or paper towels.
— Glue "Moment" Crystal by Henkel (or any transparent glue);
— Foil;
— Scissors.
Step 1: Preparing the glass and creating patternBefore painting on glass, we need to clean and degrease it. So gently wash the glass with any detergent and wipe dry.
Then put the glass on the paper and draw around it using pencil.
Then draw the vignette. I used Nordic Council logo from comic book (page 59) as a reference. If you are not good at drawing, you can use my pattern and draw the image on the tracing paper; or you can just print it.
If necessary, add colours using coloured pencils.
Step 2: ContoursPut the glass on your pattern. Take
light silver contour (it works like a boundary for colours) and begin to draw flags. It is important to press the tube evenly and move with the same speed, for smooth and uninterruptible line. I prefer to move clockwise.
If the contour line is uneven, fix it with a toothpick.
Contour dries about 3-5 minutes. You can speed up the process with a hair dryer.
It should look like this:
Step 3: ColoursAs the pattern dried, we begin to paint.
Let’s start with red colour.
Take the brush, put it in colour and drip it in the middle of a flag of Iceland. Then gently distribute the paint on the glass by brush, trying not to touch the contour. The same way for Denmark and Norway. Then wipe the brush with paper towel.
For Finland, we need blue paint and thinner.
Drip blue colour, then thinner and distribute them on the glass. They will mix on glass, and the hue will become light-blue.
For Sweden, Norway and Iceland, we need blue without thinner, so gently drip blue colour on glass, and paint in the same way.
White color can be applied with brush and colour (Finland) or, if it’s more convenient, you can use white contour (Denmark).
So, yellow cross for Sweden remains.
Wipe the brush, take the yellow colour, and paint as previously. If you want to make the cross shimmer like Emil, you can add gold colour. I use the Italian colour
Idea Metallici by
Maimery, shade
Oro ducato.
Colours are completely dry for about 8 hours, so I usually leave them at night.
Step 4: FoilGlass is a fragile thing. Therefore it is necessary to stick it on some basis. To enhance the ice effect, we first attach it to a foil and only then on the magnet.
Take a piece of foil (possible food foil) slightly larger than the glass. Apply glue on the glass and gently press glass to the foil. It dries within 10-15 minutes, and completely — in 24 hours. Usually I wait about 15 minutes, and then continue to work)
Step 5: Background and frostIf you want to leave the glass without background and frost effect, skip Step 5.
For the background, we need
Turkish blue and thinner. Drip blue paint, then thinner and distribute them on background.
Remember: Colour is completely dry in about 8 hours!
After the glass paint on the background dried, we can continue with frost. It’s acrylic paint with the effect of frost. To make the effect we need, squeeze frost on the glass and distribute on the surface with a cotton bud. I applied frost on the edges, and left glass colour in the center.
Frost dries within 10 minutes. You can speed up the process with a hair dryer.
Then cut off extra foil using scissors.
Now, look again at the glass, and if you want to improve smth, do it.
Step 6: MagnetVinyl magnet has an adhesive base. So you just need to unstick the paper layer from the magnet, then put the glass on it and press gently. After that, you can cut off extra magnet with scissors.
That's all! =)
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