How to Make Hand Painted Wine Glasses

I always see great hand painted wine glasses and martini glass at home décor stores. They are so easy to do yourself and you can really save a lot of money. This hand painted art glass project is perfect for a fun craft with the kids or even to make as gift for someone. If you take your time and plan out a great design you can really make an elegant hand painted wine glass that will look professional.

To Make Some hand painted Wine Glasses You Will Need:

Wine Gasses (Or Any glass you want)
Stencil Brush
Stencil
Ceramic Paint or Stained Glass Paint in a variety of colors
Painter's Tape (Optional)

If you are not extremely artistic or want to create a number of uniform wine glasses you should use a stencil for this painted glass project. You can use the same stencils that you use to paint on the wall and furniture. Just look for smaller stencils. They come in all shapes and sizes and most arts and crafts stores have tons of them.

You can also create your own unique stencil with a sheet of acetate, a black marker, and an exacto knife. Simply lay your acetate on the picture or shape you want to create. Trace the outline with you marker, then cut it out with the exacto knife.
Now, back to painting your wine glasses. Simply Place the stencil on the object to be painted. You can hold it in place with painters tape.

Next, Dip the stencil brush in ceramic paint. You may need to dab off the excess paint on a paper towel. Now, Pounce the brush on the edges of the stencil to outline the pattern. Then fill in the center with a lighter application of paint to give the design dimension. See how simple it is to create great hand painted images on your wine glasses!

Now, if you have more images you want to hand paint onto your wine glass you will need to let these first paint colors dry. Once the paint has dried you can lay your next stencil on and start painting again.

I recommend using a combination of free hand painting an stencils for this easy project. This will give you some uniformity, but with a hands on touch that makes the painted wine glasses each unique.

Now, you can also use an artist brush and free hand any designs you want onto your wine glasses as well. You can make simple poke dot by dotting the tip of the brush on your glasses as well.

Don't over look using great gold and silver metallic paints as accents to really make your wine glasses formal! I like to take a run a fine then line of metallic paint along the edge of the wine glass, on the rim. You see this look all the time in fine china and crystal glassware.

You can also paint school logos and even flowers on these wine glasses. The sky is the limit when it comes to personalizing them.

Tip: If you don't like how your painted glass is looking keep some paint thinner handy and you can use a paper towel dipped in some paint thinner to wipe the paint away while it is still wet. If a small mistake has dried you could try using a razor blade or exacto knife to scrape it off.

To give your hand painted wine glasses as a gift wrap them carefully beautiful tissue paper and your friends will think you spent a lot of money on their one of a kind gifts.