tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24319315310294598652024-03-12T19:56:39.085-07:00Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.comCreating colorful fused glass and mosaic glass with some watercolors mixed in.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-74168877867902210262023-07-07T05:27:00.020-07:002023-08-06T05:37:41.870-07:00Selling Art Glass at the Waterfall Arts Market in Belfast, Maine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDDFtuJQ1lDZoYSQM57s21ls_Ef_Zrp2VK6qhHhCQbuu1YkC157peJA13yj4k4CH_rnWInHF__ibG-94nB0Ta4W3u-U2WszPzKD4JUX4SAQwqXgbDEQbcNvlW9cFXsRBwBzWtuM1CtW_3CGNfimF2wUYOk6RP30uNFUIK04gGpeDm4-VE5SdQKNZo0io/s1280/Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20Waterfall%20Arts%20Market%20Fused%20Glass%20Art%20Stained%20Belfast%20Maine%20FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="961" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDDFtuJQ1lDZoYSQM57s21ls_Ef_Zrp2VK6qhHhCQbuu1YkC157peJA13yj4k4CH_rnWInHF__ibG-94nB0Ta4W3u-U2WszPzKD4JUX4SAQwqXgbDEQbcNvlW9cFXsRBwBzWtuM1CtW_3CGNfimF2wUYOk6RP30uNFUIK04gGpeDm4-VE5SdQKNZo0io/w480-h640/Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20Waterfall%20Arts%20Market%20Fused%20Glass%20Art%20Stained%20Belfast%20Maine%20FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My glass art booth at the outdoor Waterfall Arts Market.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I decided to sell at the Waterfall Arts Market in downtown Belfast, Maine. The days are sunny and beautiful and everyone has been so kind and helpful. Here's to a beautiful summer in Maine!</p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Sharon Warren Glass Art</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">|</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">|</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Belfast Maine</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">|</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> Belfast Maine Glass Art</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">|</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> Belfast Maine Art</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-25272511753977028522022-08-30T07:33:00.007-07:002022-08-30T08:06:16.843-07:00Fused Glass Abstract Landscape with Layers of Transparent Stained Glass<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EYGRxyUrtHAj_dHrIWuH8QDpB9YzwMkLkLTx8OUcWoxaUlyMRcCGakNgeKeha4HPpKeV21qkz-ldgBk4b_dnNxqCT2BDIldu4Qg-4oZbTHTVkZ1oPVIlTobsK3y20Cn5WSAApzOAf27njqNHU_9UZzTrEp5xf6LfiQs3yDHpwUnX3SSqBdZm6JtY/s640/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EYGRxyUrtHAj_dHrIWuH8QDpB9YzwMkLkLTx8OUcWoxaUlyMRcCGakNgeKeha4HPpKeV21qkz-ldgBk4b_dnNxqCT2BDIldu4Qg-4oZbTHTVkZ1oPVIlTobsK3y20Cn5WSAApzOAf27njqNHU_9UZzTrEp5xf6LfiQs3yDHpwUnX3SSqBdZm6JtY/w300-h400/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%205.jpeg" title="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Framed Abstract Landscape</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-size: 13.2px;">Constructing landscapes with multiple layers of colored glass creates depth and texture. This abstract was inspired by the natural landscapes of the Maine coast. I hoped to recall a memory of a time and a feeling rather than a specific image or moment.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjC_amua4D9Mmlv-RNlvMN-VP2qsxH5b7Kg_5LWIF9v7w2l_FBgaxgOwuCklcqbHoJHXMDWi-SiwyXIZHbVlEh9T-TRfz-5F_w0rttrcZWm0xJPKeLH8reK42FAMQAiK6zfs7WYStedluKE7Ds4nWFj1PWJzDTmTm9GwIiZYJcyV52Off334fDqdY/s640/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjC_amua4D9Mmlv-RNlvMN-VP2qsxH5b7Kg_5LWIF9v7w2l_FBgaxgOwuCklcqbHoJHXMDWi-SiwyXIZHbVlEh9T-TRfz-5F_w0rttrcZWm0xJPKeLH8reK42FAMQAiK6zfs7WYStedluKE7Ds4nWFj1PWJzDTmTm9GwIiZYJcyV52Off334fDqdY/w300-h400/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished abstract fused glass seascape with backlighting.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8XlbbbzGGizNQk4e2833bKY2MRvYSrkoY-RxxseIgnrych_GtYQqsLhALlc9_PuDqbq-etcxE3FHV7wLXQcLKBQmqD7leUBBUNkf4KfeopMy6fBVKcIoOEzCn1aFFfzS9n7ZK5vzNnXY_PH-rq_JMMi4hV9Z2VARMQYW2vL7azbro3rEn28jPWdj/s640/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8XlbbbzGGizNQk4e2833bKY2MRvYSrkoY-RxxseIgnrych_GtYQqsLhALlc9_PuDqbq-etcxE3FHV7wLXQcLKBQmqD7leUBBUNkf4KfeopMy6fBVKcIoOEzCn1aFFfzS9n7ZK5vzNnXY_PH-rq_JMMi4hV9Z2VARMQYW2vL7azbro3rEn28jPWdj/w300-h400/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%207.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A side view of the layers of transparent colored glass.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #606060;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Here are some photos of the work in progress. I worked with backlighting to better see the color combinations created when stacking different colors of transparent Bullseye glass.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #606060;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #606060;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #606060;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1qWPqc7my5v-5c3si76M-eWMUXxrnzZZQTfJOZeLFPBcjT8SQdcaUwIm6iF481CBQoGseLXcR8sldgcL5wFAwZ1G0PobNwjBrk8ISZ0uBSjma_vy61cH_jFoErZalbZPvIiawIsYLzgFXd4awRmH9j5dHPurlCfo-8AMHUe1lNwXZeRTE8bN5Ss8/s640/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1qWPqc7my5v-5c3si76M-eWMUXxrnzZZQTfJOZeLFPBcjT8SQdcaUwIm6iF481CBQoGseLXcR8sldgcL5wFAwZ1G0PobNwjBrk8ISZ0uBSjma_vy61cH_jFoErZalbZPvIiawIsYLzgFXd4awRmH9j5dHPurlCfo-8AMHUe1lNwXZeRTE8bN5Ss8/w300-h400/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%201.jpeg" title="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fused glass landscape in progress.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3I7_Bh2duQWt7zp6RTKKThpcEyhLebnl-rgRS7xlwvuZdkqa4vWLTAkMiEOGaFtcZfW6qMbxRdEwgaHK88Hm4eVQTEqDfd_TNG8XrovEHExWtO3pBDBZdazWW_nRI1DcOuXM-KaqL7TkbjohRldi4d71ve2T-E-d3O9Xs4tILqpHSZMWIAcI-7jp3/s640/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3I7_Bh2duQWt7zp6RTKKThpcEyhLebnl-rgRS7xlwvuZdkqa4vWLTAkMiEOGaFtcZfW6qMbxRdEwgaHK88Hm4eVQTEqDfd_TNG8XrovEHExWtO3pBDBZdazWW_nRI1DcOuXM-KaqL7TkbjohRldi4d71ve2T-E-d3O9Xs4tILqpHSZMWIAcI-7jp3/w300-h400/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%202.jpeg" title="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some rocks along the shore are added.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Tc7IF6Q1QzCcKDw-7IqKsO_pXtNv2ppgCfiyZUQxz5Fr6jdi9wDUw_H2WfzFjQDmRDCfa79znfb4ilRz0XUvDXaat2xpLB5qECsZ6MmgC4kXhrt89kMHdD4P8NIy8yE-u8u9ZcqvxjNwUBkhzasipJyRLAaF5QBtyRUNWMVUYf2kPtkXRIIjTHdC/s640/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Tc7IF6Q1QzCcKDw-7IqKsO_pXtNv2ppgCfiyZUQxz5Fr6jdi9wDUw_H2WfzFjQDmRDCfa79znfb4ilRz0XUvDXaat2xpLB5qECsZ6MmgC4kXhrt89kMHdD4P8NIy8yE-u8u9ZcqvxjNwUBkhzasipJyRLAaF5QBtyRUNWMVUYf2kPtkXRIIjTHdC/w300-h400/Abstract%20Art%20Landscape%20Seascape%20Lake%20Stained%20Glass%20Belfast%20Maine%20Sharon%20Warren%20Glass%20FlutterbyButterfly%203.jpeg" title="Abstract Art Landscape Seascape Lake Stained Glass Belfast Maine Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding the beginnings of the second layer of the sky.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5667959442891555101" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 606px;"><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | </span></span><span style="color: white;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Sharon Warren Glass Art</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">|</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; 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text-align: center;"> Belfast Maine Art</span></span></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Belfast, ME 04915, USA44.4259092 -69.006423416.115675363821154 -104.1626734 72.736143036178845 -33.8501734tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-56679594428915551012022-08-26T07:32:00.004-07:002022-08-30T07:40:41.481-07:00Watercolor Sketch of Young's Lobster Pound<p>Here's a watercolor of Young's Lobster Pound in Belfast Maine. It was an exercise in editing the photo, removing cars and shadows and stuff I didn't want to focus on. I tried to add more of the water in the background but ended up with too much parking lot.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPIIjmpzIQrE6D7QoHi2u_t0P_i5hXjJzJgIRc14W2TgKFS0Uw4qDizn95uvUXc88VS6sZHT8eEB6W9PnuA5RcKubNA7BKyYVXAIj6HOby3rzidn7FX5edBVphB3ycvMPuBQ9hi3O7shilohKyxNeJQqe9bJQfuTUqyjFDw7MNslvhle1KfT_vS3k/s640/Youngs%20Lobster%20Pound%201%20Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="Youngs Lobster Pound 1 Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto painting" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPIIjmpzIQrE6D7QoHi2u_t0P_i5hXjJzJgIRc14W2TgKFS0Uw4qDizn95uvUXc88VS6sZHT8eEB6W9PnuA5RcKubNA7BKyYVXAIj6HOby3rzidn7FX5edBVphB3ycvMPuBQ9hi3O7shilohKyxNeJQqe9bJQfuTUqyjFDw7MNslvhle1KfT_vS3k/w400-h300/Youngs%20Lobster%20Pound%201%20Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20painting.jpeg" title="Youngs Lobster Pound 1 Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Young's Lobster Pound Watercolor Painting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOTzjfLNoJD15slzpNhqfy6rSAneb_kvqEvo1e3NZ0Q9otr-rMV3qmKPKIXFsJbzIc2300Q2YzhTXCKdg6BE7WiY0Ks6TVZ_rN_BDGUu_UtpN68c9FFX3lJbsCZsk5zyDAxUNh8IjsdynfUKxIVcZHuBwU3EWwue9-FBay7VayqHiw5CTLyvDHs64/s1280/Youngs%20Lobster%20Pound%202%20Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Youngs Lobster Pound 1 Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto drawing" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOTzjfLNoJD15slzpNhqfy6rSAneb_kvqEvo1e3NZ0Q9otr-rMV3qmKPKIXFsJbzIc2300Q2YzhTXCKdg6BE7WiY0Ks6TVZ_rN_BDGUu_UtpN68c9FFX3lJbsCZsk5zyDAxUNh8IjsdynfUKxIVcZHuBwU3EWwue9-FBay7VayqHiw5CTLyvDHs64/w400-h300/Youngs%20Lobster%20Pound%202%20Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20painting.jpeg" title="Youngs Lobster Pound 1 Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto drawing" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An ink sketch of Young's Lobster Pound drawn from a photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVYrfdrUTRxglnfX1xfqJBZCt2a6WA6ZZt4KOiUfbEqZugEYZ5nhRskCi15sidlbWasvpeqpLA86TUT6dRqnNxF-5jSo-IUpKtZv8a4an-dnSvl2K0Saqh03Hd_duzWR-yMWZ569TmCNadJ8Ls_OunG5lmYfssgO4D78i--u5CAIZyNvz9frsBnk8/s640/Youngs%20Lobster%20Pound%203%20Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20painting.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Youngs Lobster Pound 1 Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto photo" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVYrfdrUTRxglnfX1xfqJBZCt2a6WA6ZZt4KOiUfbEqZugEYZ5nhRskCi15sidlbWasvpeqpLA86TUT6dRqnNxF-5jSo-IUpKtZv8a4an-dnSvl2K0Saqh03Hd_duzWR-yMWZ569TmCNadJ8Ls_OunG5lmYfssgO4D78i--u5CAIZyNvz9frsBnk8/w400-h300/Youngs%20Lobster%20Pound%203%20Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20painting.jpeg" title="Youngs Lobster Pound 1 Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto photo" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The photo of Young's Lobster Pound</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Once I draw in permanent ink, I'm committed to that mark on the paper. I can't adjust scale or rethink the layout of the drawing. Creating in this way is so freeing for me, a person who is constantly planning. The drawback is not always being super-satisfied with the finished product. For example, assorted boats in Belfast Harbor with poorly proportioned masts or weirdly shaped hulls or something else that just makes the whole thing feel off.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-bqc2TLXtOCWqUslSqYET7UG-7TJA6BYlVOk_vZCVXiJRTLuUAQHV3qcUVb4dNQAJ33iHapJ07NhDRQZ5JphjuV92sV1Td5HHgS6eTaGxtHB9D3xl9HtkmGHLMeAUN1tdyERiKM4VVF65QcSRPS4GnCUPUoCXB1r1KS65zqfRyhI64Lq9Wb4rtbr/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 1" border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="640" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-bqc2TLXtOCWqUslSqYET7UG-7TJA6BYlVOk_vZCVXiJRTLuUAQHV3qcUVb4dNQAJ33iHapJ07NhDRQZ5JphjuV92sV1Td5HHgS6eTaGxtHB9D3xl9HtkmGHLMeAUN1tdyERiKM4VVF65QcSRPS4GnCUPUoCXB1r1KS65zqfRyhI64Lq9Wb4rtbr/w400-h333/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%203.jpeg" title="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 1" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of Belfast Harbor Maine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCr9AwjDXHD0JJinjwHJN4tB6FB0_WdA__8oQ_prnz3_keIpBHSyqBpCO2bN7QgHsAhc2fJm_Q8E1wFttm2YIZqXA54EGq0ImCvuTewg86EJ_VeebZ4gO6LqudVW5DKRYDwKq2lOTukGONi2kV-TLImZwR2nyLfTNkncw-GGoz4xvnBq2ZtJ_5gfNU/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 1" border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="640" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCr9AwjDXHD0JJinjwHJN4tB6FB0_WdA__8oQ_prnz3_keIpBHSyqBpCO2bN7QgHsAhc2fJm_Q8E1wFttm2YIZqXA54EGq0ImCvuTewg86EJ_VeebZ4gO6LqudVW5DKRYDwKq2lOTukGONi2kV-TLImZwR2nyLfTNkncw-GGoz4xvnBq2ZtJ_5gfNU/w400-h333/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%204.jpeg" title="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 1" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Watercolor Sketch of Belfast Harbor Maine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-HLynpaUrvrtVDdJHm7pnhFY63C3MZaHZzmREa_mcu-_Mnbnk28-4_gY8t6QChyuSEkYxQriJzlakTtXYGnLECl2wDgIOBk4bIOP0N7r8OGbKs5Il5CBcSdVm9V3j7CPKKFGMLPoUfu0gAm1tVWr5WeCzfCLIaWp2GYBhgC-0PLrkX1N_eGxluRh/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 1" border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="640" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-HLynpaUrvrtVDdJHm7pnhFY63C3MZaHZzmREa_mcu-_Mnbnk28-4_gY8t6QChyuSEkYxQriJzlakTtXYGnLECl2wDgIOBk4bIOP0N7r8OGbKs5Il5CBcSdVm9V3j7CPKKFGMLPoUfu0gAm1tVWr5WeCzfCLIaWp2GYBhgC-0PLrkX1N_eGxluRh/w400-h324/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Belfast%20Harbor%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%201.jpeg" title="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Belfast Harbor Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 1" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of Some Boats in Belfast Harbor Maine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;">Sharon Warren Glass | </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;">Sharon Warren Glass Art</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;">|</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;">sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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color: white; font-size: 13px;"> urban sketchers</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Belfast, ME 04915, USA44.4259092 -69.006423416.115675363821154 -104.1626734 72.736143036178845 -33.8501734tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-56998590514704807602022-07-27T09:47:00.002-07:002022-08-26T07:34:01.146-07:00Urban Sketching at the Belfast Rail Station<p>Belfast has an old railway station graveyard at City Point with rail cars and buildings from the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad. I spent a few mornings creating watercolor sketches. I love the vintage cabooses sitting amongst the flowers.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy23FYk0lc0CepYTx14M3ZuXx3XvI7Dx-odSj7AB1mUTjQoyG5IO2gwUOMXghHufRBvcA13YA8_l_uzWbc2I2VU7zF9qHvPS4RWEUS1PBnhaT9cQor17NX7CsneBYmVZs0WPjKLpyUZx3V6hDHax4S_bmRqKKNJjFA6JiKyx9KI_27bSh6BT8ZVgEE/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Rail%20Trail%20Railroad%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vintage Red Caboose Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Rail Trail Railroad sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="530" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy23FYk0lc0CepYTx14M3ZuXx3XvI7Dx-odSj7AB1mUTjQoyG5IO2gwUOMXghHufRBvcA13YA8_l_uzWbc2I2VU7zF9qHvPS4RWEUS1PBnhaT9cQor17NX7CsneBYmVZs0WPjKLpyUZx3V6hDHax4S_bmRqKKNJjFA6JiKyx9KI_27bSh6BT8ZVgEE/w331-h400/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Rail%20Trail%20Railroad%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%203.jpeg" title="Vintage Red Caboose Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Rail Trail Railroad sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of Vintage Red Caboose at the Belfast Maine Rail Trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-u956UxPnFgMtZtkuVL4hb-F6_bzNBXsEuMR9uPH8Pv49f465LP65FE5kn20jKC-MDaC1SXr_MODtJAh4x66Fzt9jOgr4BKkMuXZPcOWvuFV_0dNg8NYfbQpcHpGTohekJHpoZZcNbZnTp9tyl9HC5ulgP5bjqvyNrOpU6jHLp63txxWzkaR-3vn/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Rail%20Trail%20Railroad%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vintage Orange Caboose Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Rail Trail Railroad sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="519" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-u956UxPnFgMtZtkuVL4hb-F6_bzNBXsEuMR9uPH8Pv49f465LP65FE5kn20jKC-MDaC1SXr_MODtJAh4x66Fzt9jOgr4BKkMuXZPcOWvuFV_0dNg8NYfbQpcHpGTohekJHpoZZcNbZnTp9tyl9HC5ulgP5bjqvyNrOpU6jHLp63txxWzkaR-3vn/w325-h400/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Rail%20Trail%20Railroad%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%201.jpeg" title="Vintage Orange Caboose Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Rail Trail Railroad sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 3" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of Vintage Orange Caboose at the Belfast Maine Rail Trail<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrv-it41welVkCES-ORijHYsZ5VK2sXH_YpYLf31itpLCcmiRoUTgUQzK6CWQfr8XR4sb0LuAPxp46vSIztPP3kD96u50eM_FtEcZ6lOQMpJGBYWLIcnHNCDbgpP1DzTkpwXVq5mJqTSMQx05EwldwKZ03yVFlk-K4NRAmuLXdztVUL0J4pCKVfddS/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Rail%20Trail%20Railroad%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Rail Trail Railroad sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 3" border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="640" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrv-it41welVkCES-ORijHYsZ5VK2sXH_YpYLf31itpLCcmiRoUTgUQzK6CWQfr8XR4sb0LuAPxp46vSIztPP3kD96u50eM_FtEcZ6lOQMpJGBYWLIcnHNCDbgpP1DzTkpwXVq5mJqTSMQx05EwldwKZ03yVFlk-K4NRAmuLXdztVUL0J4pCKVfddS/w400-h335/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Rail%20Trail%20Railroad%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%202.jpeg" title="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Rail Trail Railroad sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto 3" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of the Belfast and Moosehead Railway<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-611837898518620416" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 606px;"><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Sharon Warren Glass | </span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Sharon Warren Glass Art</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Belfast Maine</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> urban sketching</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> urban sketchers</span></span></p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-43451572210816535422022-07-22T07:37:00.007-07:002023-01-26T04:08:05.562-08:00Urban Sketching in Belfast Maine<p>Early July in mid-coast Maine is beautiful and the weather is still cool enough for a jacket on the early morning dog walks. Belfast Harbor has a walkway along the waterfront and a historic downtown filled with gothic buildings and painted brick businesses. Sketching each scene gives me a sort of visual diary while making me take a moment to actually see what is around me. Sometimes my drawings are done on site and then I fill in with watercolors at home. Here are a few of my very loose ink and watercolor sketches of the area. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KiTDeuL-PYbnu9IJCHmZJVtmb75lpTJYVs30p-gK8vDqzMu2bMwanSTi7Euuj2_tyrY8mxSFQtyjlx_tlL0hMPK3WA8XNmaRDFCyqlfG-2cBydM89SVefKTCDc51caAECPe4ww7JOuTh4bwC53sPa17ZhKp8Ydh9cEnFvmugaY79qAJsGJnw-VFA/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Route%201%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Route 1 Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KiTDeuL-PYbnu9IJCHmZJVtmb75lpTJYVs30p-gK8vDqzMu2bMwanSTi7Euuj2_tyrY8mxSFQtyjlx_tlL0hMPK3WA8XNmaRDFCyqlfG-2cBydM89SVefKTCDc51caAECPe4ww7JOuTh4bwC53sPa17ZhKp8Ydh9cEnFvmugaY79qAJsGJnw-VFA/w400-h320/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%20Route%201%20Passagassawakeag%20River%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto.jpeg" title="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting Route 1 Passagassawakeag River sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of Route 1 over the Passagassawakeag River</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuShxPrr7DYLUUge8RvRJ6RRSNftazMRFp_5mCSKXZriNg4vzojYzKQDS64mSRnmIm3pePS69aX0WLxDO8bxvUbGw4QDz5701qp3olqgAnH7e1AovE1jbdl2it3Rop9XgvxxVTafrtGgNuT8lB9lykwa8Ng2hQQJ-cDzuoT6iPIYfV8HdXrnbs18o/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%2014%20Main%20Street%20Fuel%20Oil%20Building%20downtown%20Historic%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting 14 Main Street Fuel Oil Building downtown Historic sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="542" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuShxPrr7DYLUUge8RvRJ6RRSNftazMRFp_5mCSKXZriNg4vzojYzKQDS64mSRnmIm3pePS69aX0WLxDO8bxvUbGw4QDz5701qp3olqgAnH7e1AovE1jbdl2it3Rop9XgvxxVTafrtGgNuT8lB9lykwa8Ng2hQQJ-cDzuoT6iPIYfV8HdXrnbs18o/w339-h400/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%2014%20Main%20Street%20Fuel%20Oil%20Building%20downtown%20Historic%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto.jpeg" title="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting 14 Main Street Fuel Oil Building downtown Historic sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" width="339" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of 14 Main Street in Belfast, Maine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzYxkecyTpOgT-XjOZPpgPZb6LtdES5N2txDXKVnMF1yxqvne7DWLYK4qPpv4U5bdAGdnEO7r5NfiGq_xlyy2jcXc4Ui9GOprXeRDToUvep8rQIJpu00btDmocYjB9_WuuUQZKIlYG85RkkNmF_e2k7TwFwhrF4EiWmGZck5ZIT5tajzxm05dmuVX/s640/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%2014%20Main%20Street%20Fuel%20Oil%20Building%20Back%20downtown%20Historic%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting 14 Main Street Fuel Oil Building downtown Historic sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="544" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzYxkecyTpOgT-XjOZPpgPZb6LtdES5N2txDXKVnMF1yxqvne7DWLYK4qPpv4U5bdAGdnEO7r5NfiGq_xlyy2jcXc4Ui9GOprXeRDToUvep8rQIJpu00btDmocYjB9_WuuUQZKIlYG85RkkNmF_e2k7TwFwhrF4EiWmGZck5ZIT5tajzxm05dmuVX/w340-h400/Urban%20Sketching%20Sketchers%20Belfast%20Maine%20Watercolor%20Painting%2014%20Main%20Street%20Fuel%20Oil%20Building%20Back%20downtown%20Historic%20sharonwarrenglass%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto.jpeg" title="Urban Sketching Sketchers Belfast Maine Watercolor Painting 14 Main Street Fuel Oil Building downtown Historic sharonwarrenglass Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto" width="340" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Sketch of the back of 14 Main Street in Belfast, Maine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-611837898518620416" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 606px;"><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Sharon Warren Glass | </span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Sharon Warren Glass Art</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Belfast Maine</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> urban sketching</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">|</span><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> urban sketchers</span></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-6118378985186204162022-06-29T07:42:00.015-07:002022-08-22T10:04:34.709-07:00Another Glass Tile Mosaic Mirror<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SDDTPsh8uKxH45i3V7JenIPKCCLpvL4BGAhybEBf0YvAR1fsjYH4WvLsfTxWrEfgSwfiJrgGCqKATLvWYaQ2AcXVD6SDbjC6jYE2ueyxYdPnH2-wfS7ZovqSPr2QqXwohBEBa_1ieB5TGgpx9dCcD7jbf-mxlVLzHvxN45FRx4xoz3tArTPN8xWW/s1280/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SDDTPsh8uKxH45i3V7JenIPKCCLpvL4BGAhybEBf0YvAR1fsjYH4WvLsfTxWrEfgSwfiJrgGCqKATLvWYaQ2AcXVD6SDbjC6jYE2ueyxYdPnH2-wfS7ZovqSPr2QqXwohBEBa_1ieB5TGgpx9dCcD7jbf-mxlVLzHvxN45FRx4xoz3tArTPN8xWW/w300-h400/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%206.jpeg" title="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My green finished mosaic mirror.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I made another mosaic mirror because the first was so much fun! This time, I used streaky green Bullseye glass and a slightly different pattern due to the frame width. I think when this one is finished, it will go in the guest bathroom and the blue streaky one will go in our en suite. This mosaic began as a $10 second hand mirror in a painted wood frame from the local Good Will thrift store.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEoYa0u66P7Z7Xm-PqfQpGh--fZfzAkihJTMp7iQVy018RrVZDvUtryz5odbvRQxnMSwp10X5uEs89pM9FE9VZkGabuyJYtW3BgkgZy2V1M9B8GfRekEUXEvXzNXxIu_BMOh1bSElkhQDS8EofsNvJJTXNHHy5Q8bkGd9N8omCDKkanfg3Z75OIvc/s1280/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%20thrifted%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEoYa0u66P7Z7Xm-PqfQpGh--fZfzAkihJTMp7iQVy018RrVZDvUtryz5odbvRQxnMSwp10X5uEs89pM9FE9VZkGabuyJYtW3BgkgZy2V1M9B8GfRekEUXEvXzNXxIu_BMOh1bSElkhQDS8EofsNvJJTXNHHy5Q8bkGd9N8omCDKkanfg3Z75OIvc/w300-h400/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%20thrifted%202.jpeg" title="Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A thrifted mirror from Good Will.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div>Before beginning the mosaic, I completely stripped the existing paint and finish from the mirror, and then sealed the wood. Next, I cut different size tiles from sheets of Bullseye glass and laid out the pattern. Lastly, I glued the tiles to the frame using thinset.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexnM4RIsfmAEGYdDNh1_o0C2GM4mmO_GpqQj84oMjkmUSi9adDnuRwoKh0RdpjZLAu9TEIBGtumL5FUJD_urfb62JwyDwYGvdMaHguU19qMzfGvj9wB3etPW2EhSLEB5w0DaWw6xp3MqYh1El6JnHRuswi3-qqj52pN-w2zbPCoaiI_LnIzzVSfbn/s1280/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexnM4RIsfmAEGYdDNh1_o0C2GM4mmO_GpqQj84oMjkmUSi9adDnuRwoKh0RdpjZLAu9TEIBGtumL5FUJD_urfb62JwyDwYGvdMaHguU19qMzfGvj9wB3etPW2EhSLEB5w0DaWw6xp3MqYh1El6JnHRuswi3-qqj52pN-w2zbPCoaiI_LnIzzVSfbn/w400-h225/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%201.jpeg" title="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished tile layout.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiio4YZD-nG_RbAy0wvc-kp2TZ3J6yxgXZeBuTqM61iRJBebbP-jq40RqY09UWWCES7x1rhVLVSZWpm51D8TF6IyH6DDXdGzoX1H5gO-jYyTqTi79hajZ--PhrdJuXjnxPIwIxBsX5Di5IzD2DyoPtRbRPjDCuXtq90e0dGpRK03t_tenZvVP8RshB/s1280/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiio4YZD-nG_RbAy0wvc-kp2TZ3J6yxgXZeBuTqM61iRJBebbP-jq40RqY09UWWCES7x1rhVLVSZWpm51D8TF6IyH6DDXdGzoX1H5gO-jYyTqTi79hajZ--PhrdJuXjnxPIwIxBsX5Di5IzD2DyoPtRbRPjDCuXtq90e0dGpRK03t_tenZvVP8RshB/w400-h225/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%202.jpeg" title="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add glass tiles to the frame.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRjkfliK3C44qWTwtnlJwHSBzfNg4pFIIK_9duBldnmb7UliY18vPqr7dOkp_h8f55zjp6nTypwvzsC_C4ZYTUgWemSYKXiUUQ-NBx43YqQJenIy_-_MHkrDDVEEzjwCOvYiJ13XJAKJVmTSOtzRrL8qlXDv3SIYw163berFmQec62VO839Znie3p/s1280/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRjkfliK3C44qWTwtnlJwHSBzfNg4pFIIK_9duBldnmb7UliY18vPqr7dOkp_h8f55zjp6nTypwvzsC_C4ZYTUgWemSYKXiUUQ-NBx43YqQJenIy_-_MHkrDDVEEzjwCOvYiJ13XJAKJVmTSOtzRrL8qlXDv3SIYw163berFmQec62VO839Znie3p/w400-h225/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%203.jpeg" title="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continue adding tiles until complete.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I love the streaky green tiles that run around the frame. The colors are fresh and cool and very springy!<div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHdlD-8il_KyYrUDNetft3kDkCxi1GCHptufrp6wEJq9QLQXmU9G0r-4oMmAamy3DxKEQT2LmaqYYnT6MRo1sILwTMVvwZCGJ1N8enPWd-SC_L3vzqMC_wCMs_MfCLXkTN74W5ymUDVVnn30Yr1VZC_GlibnBGXMqaGqbh_lfat56Iotmxzd71Cal/s1280/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="961" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHdlD-8il_KyYrUDNetft3kDkCxi1GCHptufrp6wEJq9QLQXmU9G0r-4oMmAamy3DxKEQT2LmaqYYnT6MRo1sILwTMVvwZCGJ1N8enPWd-SC_L3vzqMC_wCMs_MfCLXkTN74W5ymUDVVnn30Yr1VZC_GlibnBGXMqaGqbh_lfat56Iotmxzd71Cal/w300-h400/streaky%20green%20mosaic%20mirror%20bullseye%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren%20glass%205.jpeg" title="streaky green mosaic mirror bullseye stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished green mosaic mirror frame ready for hanging!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>For instructions on how to create your own, click on the link below:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-size: xxx-large;">👀 </span><a href="https://www.instructables.com/Make-a-Mosaic-Mirror/" style="background-color: white; color: #b32c20; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Make a Mosaic Mirror</span></a><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-size: xxx-large;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-size: xxx-large;">👀</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Williamsburg, VA, USA37.2707022 -76.70745718.9604683638211569 -111.8637071 65.580936036178855 -41.5512071tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-43081637089936012372022-06-01T11:56:00.013-07:002022-06-29T07:45:36.390-07:00How to Make a Mosaic Mirror<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6edGYCBINFR4WSqt6cyEttmFz4wxV5bMBF3bdcwUzsODV3Y1aezwxMhB26iev8HN0cSF8Pxmf5q2FnqXuwnuvfsZ2LSAZdgP-KetS90jPWPp3bpTwSPyAMKns1g2vYofuRblwbgYzCXk09SyzFb9bjFSZzlQwiiKCKVaHVeVPN9e7lpc-Z3XZYiy/s1280/8%20streaky%20blue%20mosaic%20mirror%201%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="streaky blue mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6edGYCBINFR4WSqt6cyEttmFz4wxV5bMBF3bdcwUzsODV3Y1aezwxMhB26iev8HN0cSF8Pxmf5q2FnqXuwnuvfsZ2LSAZdgP-KetS90jPWPp3bpTwSPyAMKns1g2vYofuRblwbgYzCXk09SyzFb9bjFSZzlQwiiKCKVaHVeVPN9e7lpc-Z3XZYiy/w300-h400/8%20streaky%20blue%20mosaic%20mirror%201%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" title="streaky blue mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished mosaic mirror.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I love the deep midnight blues and cool shades of turquoise that play across the streaky glass tiles of the mosaic mirror. It reminds me of an a day spent by the ocean.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWLGcPGU_FsatNc3nem6mHz8BrJWosbxgDN1izESa_PlGcvKXlbz_ZB8oKwy1Ovv2g4db4BxcERikD1oTIM4mYvDNTFXumMU3O5yRx4n4kIKqS9OQgzLLRaRqycEz_ADr5YzQ_hYNwEhN1qumImUPdLdEy_AP08YIrOvgO5xusJugjRe3t3CnSx2h/s1280/3%20frame%20edge%204%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cut white tiles Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWLGcPGU_FsatNc3nem6mHz8BrJWosbxgDN1izESa_PlGcvKXlbz_ZB8oKwy1Ovv2g4db4BxcERikD1oTIM4mYvDNTFXumMU3O5yRx4n4kIKqS9OQgzLLRaRqycEz_ADr5YzQ_hYNwEhN1qumImUPdLdEy_AP08YIrOvgO5xusJugjRe3t3CnSx2h/w400-h300/3%20frame%20edge%204%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" title="cut white tiles Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting white tiles from Bullseye glass.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCa0a9PDqHqV_qahR-WCYHJ_PPryrDcPYfkcqf44TzGld7dlFjsMYcjB7bosyZI9RJ5a-06bwTGzJXPWZyMl1XEHy8PgeL-8f3JxakUr1l4UZG29oYgjhDSDz4uPxDL6SLfKD8GNHAA8TwWc3TWy4k6l0yL_8nO_JCtXLy6MCXZvkT6tDLTWj4-kA/s1280/5%20blue%20streaky%20tile%204%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cut streaky blue Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCa0a9PDqHqV_qahR-WCYHJ_PPryrDcPYfkcqf44TzGld7dlFjsMYcjB7bosyZI9RJ5a-06bwTGzJXPWZyMl1XEHy8PgeL-8f3JxakUr1l4UZG29oYgjhDSDz4uPxDL6SLfKD8GNHAA8TwWc3TWy4k6l0yL_8nO_JCtXLy6MCXZvkT6tDLTWj4-kA/w400-h300/5%20blue%20streaky%20tile%204%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" title="cut streaky blue Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting the blue streaky glass tiles.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><br /></div><div>To make each tile, I measure and hand cut each square and then carefully arrange them in a single layer to create a gradient that moves from shades of dark to light. The tiles are then "glued' to the frame with thin-set mortar. </div><div> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTz-J1ea7i7KaVB_dfvZskZPdDSAKKNRi6senrFCOHfOTm5QiEsIU6u1QILIXrpfMk2sLwIc1OE2B1T7YqXrL88hF6wwFJTMbCoi76_sUQwhGbzY08AvxRfVAwNsg3a7px4ZZElTxuw5Tc0WFHq8dHrtHbhDpLiUCSkyus8KuRH8lLuryarvTjeCX/s1280/6%20frame%20blue%20streaky%20tile%20thinset%201%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTz-J1ea7i7KaVB_dfvZskZPdDSAKKNRi6senrFCOHfOTm5QiEsIU6u1QILIXrpfMk2sLwIc1OE2B1T7YqXrL88hF6wwFJTMbCoi76_sUQwhGbzY08AvxRfVAwNsg3a7px4ZZElTxuw5Tc0WFHq8dHrtHbhDpLiUCSkyus8KuRH8lLuryarvTjeCX/w400-h300/6%20frame%20blue%20streaky%20tile%20thinset%201%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" title="Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished tile layout.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4idPLu0JBUvTzP-lz5NkZ08s1rVtW0G69Yv-PnQcE5nm_3VHGv1dq0YMNZ7Wld8UXkOw-ZCtdZY784GzLOQIGlZXYc0vKTnhku4qVbqjf-lYu90tAy26ajRWh_40Ex7yjodTs36NsL8OiJsjDYA_mmT50tAW_17lql3pMrOqOHFNHQisHyRFtNv8u/s1280/6%20frame%20blue%20streaky%20tile%20thinset%202%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="thin-set streaky blue Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4idPLu0JBUvTzP-lz5NkZ08s1rVtW0G69Yv-PnQcE5nm_3VHGv1dq0YMNZ7Wld8UXkOw-ZCtdZY784GzLOQIGlZXYc0vKTnhku4qVbqjf-lYu90tAy26ajRWh_40Ex7yjodTs36NsL8OiJsjDYA_mmT50tAW_17lql3pMrOqOHFNHQisHyRFtNv8u/w400-h300/6%20frame%20blue%20streaky%20tile%20thinset%202%20mosaic%20mirror%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" title="thin-set streaky blue Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding glass tiles to the frame.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Everyone needs a beautiful, sunny day by the sea to watch the blue waves slowly roll through the water. I hope this mirror reminds you of that day.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ed0MqrEKWfHLMQZiRdMK9h_YxfDSKBrhkdJa0jH4V1NLhPrMlaCzdfeKX90NdtjLZwwSbZNdjgdTQKhNV_2Ve7G-5Uu3qA78E_kG5fBoSpYz3n5PDaUB0Bo8FLmiLENzC2QamrvVWKv_sNL3CkNX-dSygXQiGI1XctUS8uH34yHJu1lqO0jgqleb/s1280/8%20streaky%20blue%20mosaic%20mirror%202%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="finished streaky blue Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1042" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ed0MqrEKWfHLMQZiRdMK9h_YxfDSKBrhkdJa0jH4V1NLhPrMlaCzdfeKX90NdtjLZwwSbZNdjgdTQKhNV_2Ve7G-5Uu3qA78E_kG5fBoSpYz3n5PDaUB0Bo8FLmiLENzC2QamrvVWKv_sNL3CkNX-dSygXQiGI1XctUS8uH34yHJu1lqO0jgqleb/w326-h400/8%20streaky%20blue%20mosaic%20mirror%202%20stained%20glass%20diy%20tutorial%20how%20to%20sharon%20warren.jpeg" title="finished streaky blue Bullseye glass mosaic mirror stained glass diy tutorial how to sharon warren sharonwarrenglass" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished mosaic mirror frame ready for hanging!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>If you would like complete instructions on how to create your own mosaic mirror, I posted them on Instructables. Click the link below to find them.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">👀 </span><a href="https://www.instructables.com/Make-a-Mosaic-Mirror/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Make a Mosaic Mirror</span></a><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">👀</span></div><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-85595380262199314712022-05-01T06:54:00.015-07:002022-06-29T07:21:15.860-07:00Urban Sketching of Richmond Virginia<p>Here are a few very loose and very imperfect sketches from this month. I painted them using photos taken in Richmond, Virginia. Each sketch was first drawn in ink and then painted in watercolors.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5z0sDNmGjTOZq0h-4tOnHVxMMMKto0gdJKzjJX74g8KjIggslPXkEdHU6nA5c9JlVDw0U4yawjosnACqm_Xl2r_2mI3DRRdRzYzkZiKurqAompasFytEkG-2cktru_VYkYhEe-XPcDgSwpOe4GwMXp2IrnxniHrPdqaa28J8_rcY7ypMhDaRO3vU/s1280/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%201000%20W%20Franklin%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 1000 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5z0sDNmGjTOZq0h-4tOnHVxMMMKto0gdJKzjJX74g8KjIggslPXkEdHU6nA5c9JlVDw0U4yawjosnACqm_Xl2r_2mI3DRRdRzYzkZiKurqAompasFytEkG-2cktru_VYkYhEe-XPcDgSwpOe4GwMXp2IrnxniHrPdqaa28J8_rcY7ypMhDaRO3vU/w300-h400/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%201000%20W%20Franklin%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 1000 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1000 W Franklin Watercolor Sketch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDEGtEPVhD7b89wEcDi554hy1ticMMug8vqxc5zd6ExuyP0bZnQTqD523e5T_OKDGsBvD3p2qftxjMtmDcu-oCcI6dgbVvjljDy2IC8GhWydL6ma2nQGFN0eMg0YJTz-HsuTzSXZC2096l6JgprLIFDLY8ZGVmXNi7bv9gL8NBvjAHPHBGZLHAHG0/s1280/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%201013%20W%20Franklin%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 1013 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDEGtEPVhD7b89wEcDi554hy1ticMMug8vqxc5zd6ExuyP0bZnQTqD523e5T_OKDGsBvD3p2qftxjMtmDcu-oCcI6dgbVvjljDy2IC8GhWydL6ma2nQGFN0eMg0YJTz-HsuTzSXZC2096l6JgprLIFDLY8ZGVmXNi7bv9gL8NBvjAHPHBGZLHAHG0/w300-h400/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%201013%20W%20Franklin%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 1013 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1013 W Franklin Watercolor Sketch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDtoHjSqmbN2Tkv9r0epD0SP8_ILVVo1D6XC11pSqyzxNCOHRSrP9SW__Z-Ep_S5r1-7jzTUHYiZ8FhDFcQGPyWY0Yfa1ZCBaD1wknTVKkM6O6z7XIMsdNDzc6Y8AjG8Ydi5RJuFPAp25-J566MjzqWI557IV7E7tQ1zmrkr-9dZo7GK7VC_NOjjr/s1280/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%201209%20W%20Franklin%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 1209 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDtoHjSqmbN2Tkv9r0epD0SP8_ILVVo1D6XC11pSqyzxNCOHRSrP9SW__Z-Ep_S5r1-7jzTUHYiZ8FhDFcQGPyWY0Yfa1ZCBaD1wknTVKkM6O6z7XIMsdNDzc6Y8AjG8Ydi5RJuFPAp25-J566MjzqWI557IV7E7tQ1zmrkr-9dZo7GK7VC_NOjjr/w300-h400/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%201209%20W%20Franklin%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 1209 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1209 W Franklin Watercolor Sketch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEeqpZOVv_aYz3Uqqh5IQ9RVbokCPA5KzoQZWCQhjyMgSmsO9x2KVUQKVn2LKBvJV3ufU-eAw9OZkMFmHtmSNnqpyf-2S1in4uUm2Md8If5QudLcEVPDA941vFuK3VYaio8IzUXtjjApavYGVEsaOdAZsNr2O63clmfThVmftoaFW1ID5lKJHnZKG/s1280/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%20N%20Harrison%20Intersection%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting N Harrison Intersection Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="961" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEeqpZOVv_aYz3Uqqh5IQ9RVbokCPA5KzoQZWCQhjyMgSmsO9x2KVUQKVn2LKBvJV3ufU-eAw9OZkMFmHtmSNnqpyf-2S1in4uUm2Md8If5QudLcEVPDA941vFuK3VYaio8IzUXtjjApavYGVEsaOdAZsNr2O63clmfThVmftoaFW1ID5lKJHnZKG/w300-h400/Urban%20Sketch%20Watercolor%20Painting%20N%20Harrison%20Intersection%20Richmond%20Virginia%20Building%20Home%20Historic%20Handmade%20Sharon%20Warren%20FluterbyButterfly%20FlutterbyFoto%20Painting.jpeg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting N Harrison Intersection Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N Harrison Traffic Light Watercolor Sketch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Richmond, VA, USA37.5407246 -77.43604819.2304907638211517 -112.5922981 65.850958436178843 -42.279798099999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-84685665778099984022021-12-01T11:50:00.006-08:002022-06-29T07:46:29.833-07:00How To Make a Fused Glass Snowflake<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6alZH6KS4QYjYr8FilLo5o5bI2KGO69GCUSNat68EYYpx3xZiYX3n-cn-XhYITTulM17H-28OiG5mnRxrw2Oj2b7prJRcToljijd14NZZcRMOFH4bear15yPevyMPc2fbBh3z_nCNJzWnHulunfLo5OvQXzVexZEaetZn8rIaK_h0Q9cnh2NZcKS-=s1823" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="fused glass snowflake diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="1823" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6alZH6KS4QYjYr8FilLo5o5bI2KGO69GCUSNat68EYYpx3xZiYX3n-cn-XhYITTulM17H-28OiG5mnRxrw2Oj2b7prJRcToljijd14NZZcRMOFH4bear15yPevyMPc2fbBh3z_nCNJzWnHulunfLo5OvQXzVexZEaetZn8rIaK_h0Q9cnh2NZcKS-=w400-h400" title="fused glass snowflake diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass sharonwarrenglass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished glass snowflake.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I made a large fused glass snowflake for the Made With Math challenge on Instructables. I constructed the snowflake from the beginning, even drawing my own polar graph paper and then creating a tracing template to play with the different configurations. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOLmlsqFlebFuh33m4JZQlDWBriTKy3qe7GB4QLXSJLgEyLLmm14zUpX9gTcv3tqFBFPxlX6tPYt1hx63EhBjJb-4kzjlPq6PI_KPJ-OJz0iPpPmu78eO9kIxn-lZtOB3EeJlEt3boaPy9x564dqmm0ffKrlCmBAEmdJbcpcB-MWXbi_xo5SAHOXhL=s1903" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="fused glass snowflake diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="1903" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOLmlsqFlebFuh33m4JZQlDWBriTKy3qe7GB4QLXSJLgEyLLmm14zUpX9gTcv3tqFBFPxlX6tPYt1hx63EhBjJb-4kzjlPq6PI_KPJ-OJz0iPpPmu78eO9kIxn-lZtOB3EeJlEt3boaPy9x564dqmm0ffKrlCmBAEmdJbcpcB-MWXbi_xo5SAHOXhL=w320-h320" title="fused glass snowflake diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass sharonwarrenglass" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How to draw your own snowflake.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhig6JSHJ39aRz7q2l4ViwnfCeNTO3UcF655QMC8PnNfagGXzh3P2_piQN5AVw533I_KOEqhgNlp8AIKcseda9p8TwuBkMO4VlaFOUxivtz1GYPDRywCFRp4BOXgVDEQF4hPYCWGLxSYrxvWqjbNHks4NOghYOtPUOUy2rPfD5aCZig-8ghVk1T7T29=s3394" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="fused glass snowflake diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass sharonwarrenglass" border="0" data-original-height="2546" data-original-width="3394" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhig6JSHJ39aRz7q2l4ViwnfCeNTO3UcF655QMC8PnNfagGXzh3P2_piQN5AVw533I_KOEqhgNlp8AIKcseda9p8TwuBkMO4VlaFOUxivtz1GYPDRywCFRp4BOXgVDEQF4hPYCWGLxSYrxvWqjbNHks4NOghYOtPUOUy2rPfD5aCZig-8ghVk1T7T29=w320-h240" title="fused glass snowflake diy tutorial how to sharon warren glass sharonwarrenglass" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glass snowflake ready for firing.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>You can find the complete tutorial I published on Instructables.com at</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">👀 </span><a href="https://www.instructables.com/Make-a-Glass-Snowflake/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Make a Glass Snowflake</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">👀</span></div><span style="color: white;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /><br /></span><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-991723775188629032021-11-10T11:10:00.133-08:002022-06-29T07:47:30.775-07:00How To Make a Flower Mosaic from Broken Dishes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFY2d4ITkoFW7L22NfTSTbIFO_MtA7eSMerdL7jY2jaLEaKmxl7mKevtkUWqGA9E4-Dp_pHgWvmOiOaDo1pvY6ZFxM5Xayh_M_iriTVJkMfJPsxUz0_wGyFYG755P0frkH3OM_moa9NL4vIUoUoegin8Y-IVGZWcjWPoCQHEuPKZt9uqdD1csx196I=s2246" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="1 plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="2246" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFY2d4ITkoFW7L22NfTSTbIFO_MtA7eSMerdL7jY2jaLEaKmxl7mKevtkUWqGA9E4-Dp_pHgWvmOiOaDo1pvY6ZFxM5Xayh_M_iriTVJkMfJPsxUz0_wGyFYG755P0frkH3OM_moa9NL4vIUoUoegin8Y-IVGZWcjWPoCQHEuPKZt9uqdD1csx196I=w400-h295" title="1 plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished flower mosaic made from broken dishes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I made a pink coneflower mosaic from thrift store dishes and scrap plywood. It cost about $7 and I think that's pretty amazing. Creating this mosaic probably took just as long as a smalti glass mosaic because of the prep time involved with each thrift store dish, but the lower cost and the challenge made it really fun!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEK58zvyEASAnw5mGwvtEZ0BRdXCEvYU4oSeCv6DO-8GNM04RItmEB7Vtzwuep1EfjiNDZbAJTJLXltembqNLyPMvqQiacEx-xCsV-Kgu9kf_nsRDtkW_3aM0CnaCit1XSwMlXaT7Z99zT3x-1Wk4YIZflgo95xHmReFQ2oqGiI8_AwH6_SVaVnBjF=s2196" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="2170" data-original-width="2196" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEK58zvyEASAnw5mGwvtEZ0BRdXCEvYU4oSeCv6DO-8GNM04RItmEB7Vtzwuep1EfjiNDZbAJTJLXltembqNLyPMvqQiacEx-xCsV-Kgu9kf_nsRDtkW_3aM0CnaCit1XSwMlXaT7Z99zT3x-1Wk4YIZflgo95xHmReFQ2oqGiI8_AwH6_SVaVnBjF=w320-h316" title="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a dremel to remove the foot.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I had to remove the foot from each plate to flatten it and have better control of how each piece scored and broke. I did this with a dremel and a diamond wheel.</p><p>Once the foot was cut off, I could cut rectangles and squares in different shades of blue!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx-NY1nSnAkAMyXq2LMg-CTcSyTG3wEc0mRLeGuC6IHJFipZF67CiinkDaM8u_yONeUCJJz7cCTp4p7DFtZBRUnwZdasVl7Xr9M7_vJxC0ztJEaY1Sabm_AqrbNm9t9wWnGl2HRwyrEHrjfQwfQHxUwWwnLZJIZr6CM_y4GA2415hVIfe5Meug-Dl5=s2054" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="2054" data-original-width="2009" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx-NY1nSnAkAMyXq2LMg-CTcSyTG3wEc0mRLeGuC6IHJFipZF67CiinkDaM8u_yONeUCJJz7cCTp4p7DFtZBRUnwZdasVl7Xr9M7_vJxC0ztJEaY1Sabm_AqrbNm9t9wWnGl2HRwyrEHrjfQwfQHxUwWwnLZJIZr6CM_y4GA2415hVIfe5Meug-Dl5=w313-h320" title="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting plates into strips.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5oUo8qgoW8QR-gFh3rPfBMS_VQyiwVL3gVvy5cnSGC1XaOM5_xwiZloSWbYAH0_uvMqFPMOuaveJvBs5uqBzjPVzXMK7l0cAc1I5AzJ4COFiJ8-VUHq-kvEDTGOSosYtCmdJT_oMMZfVdLScCs0BgZ--4OV4hNuK5x-WUEPzeooQcLEAspDuNLYV5=s1688" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1688" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5oUo8qgoW8QR-gFh3rPfBMS_VQyiwVL3gVvy5cnSGC1XaOM5_xwiZloSWbYAH0_uvMqFPMOuaveJvBs5uqBzjPVzXMK7l0cAc1I5AzJ4COFiJ8-VUHq-kvEDTGOSosYtCmdJT_oMMZfVdLScCs0BgZ--4OV4hNuK5x-WUEPzeooQcLEAspDuNLYV5=w320-h216" title="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rectangles cut and sorted for the background.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">I could even cut out petals and leaves!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXdQUA4NBMBhfTbFZQXtSL65kKMkWQkGAMUsaNSczkP6NxgK3rUgCA4dGtoOKB4VVsbLsERguIfPZAQeFJkv0ouYCVG9fXU6EA7AAFWojTxiRNwvOGjkAK8ww3gOw1p7sAH5KAoEFDaTYfzvyze1nANpkOV5EaF45c_cQLEMmup9S7mBSQ_WgKTHK9=s2032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXdQUA4NBMBhfTbFZQXtSL65kKMkWQkGAMUsaNSczkP6NxgK3rUgCA4dGtoOKB4VVsbLsERguIfPZAQeFJkv0ouYCVG9fXU6EA7AAFWojTxiRNwvOGjkAK8ww3gOw1p7sAH5KAoEFDaTYfzvyze1nANpkOV5EaF45c_cQLEMmup9S7mBSQ_WgKTHK9=w320-h320" title="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scoring the flower petal segments.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV_5kLvYwGQzopMkJhQW8ehZCy5cZlKWjhxdkgZU-n0RYg21Ky3K1bLQ5zZrR7knXgdb_0WeRfUWr53Eote_a1e-WI81WCBRjxUPFtfHT3xxgnxm64ya_BH7hy8TkMpvRLGZe3IanWWt47oo0clft4JgDbDSxvT0b8ZZTdDxCOadxhD3NGBN_Jy-cF=s3634" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="3634" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV_5kLvYwGQzopMkJhQW8ehZCy5cZlKWjhxdkgZU-n0RYg21Ky3K1bLQ5zZrR7knXgdb_0WeRfUWr53Eote_a1e-WI81WCBRjxUPFtfHT3xxgnxm64ya_BH7hy8TkMpvRLGZe3IanWWt47oo0clft4JgDbDSxvT0b8ZZTdDxCOadxhD3NGBN_Jy-cF=w320-h250" title="plate broken dish mosaic flower diy coneflower tutorial how sharon warren glass" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flowers completed and ready for thin-set.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">You can find a the complete tutorial I published on Instructables.com at</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">👀 <a href="https://www.instructables.com/Make-a-Flower-Mosaic-From-Broken-Dishes-and-Plates/" target="_blank">Make a Flower Mosaic from Broken Dishes</a> </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">👀 </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #555555; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; font-family: myriad-pro, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; text-align: left;"><br /></p></div><span style="color: white;"><br /><br /></span><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Williamsburg, VA, USA37.2707022 -76.7074571-15.158983194674107 -147.0199571 89.700387594674112 -6.3949570999999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-36938163991782769902021-10-13T09:25:00.003-07:002021-10-13T09:34:15.515-07:00How To Make Your Own DIY Smalti Glass Tesserae for Mosaic<p>I wanted to make my own glass tesserae for a new mosaic. The tesserae are the pieces that you mosaic to your substrate or board. I have been working with Orsoni smalti in the direct method with no grout. The smalti I purchase from Italy is usually about 5/8" x 3/8" x 1/4" but does vary in size because it is handmade. Orsoni uses a large chopping machine to fracture the glass and then I place the cut side facing up in my mosaics. Here is the chopping machine my amazing husband made using my hardie and hammer so my arm wouldn't get tired!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRRfht6pwv-gv8YTTGPjdowJA5GswPwIcfZF_VSxZDwdghuyhevZB8hlgTV51j_N83ACY_3Ots08LawlE3t4C0g5fU2g__y4PrVIwIyXSsaXKgccM8jvCZ7fkj6mD1UxaCgwn2T7cHwo/s1500/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Machine+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Homemade smalti chopping machine DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRRfht6pwv-gv8YTTGPjdowJA5GswPwIcfZF_VSxZDwdghuyhevZB8hlgTV51j_N83ACY_3Ots08LawlE3t4C0g5fU2g__y4PrVIwIyXSsaXKgccM8jvCZ7fkj6mD1UxaCgwn2T7cHwo/w400-h300/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Machine+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" title="Homemade smalti chopping machine DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A diy homemade smalti chopping machine</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Smalti starts as a round slab of opaque glass called a pizza. I can buy lots of solid colors, but not any streaky tessera. So my first step was to melt some scrap Bullseye glass into my own streaky glass pizzas using a pot melt techique in my kiln. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf904rsEpr2msOtrRGBddTVN3DJGAoAo1oYlkFKFPMuqlQUt8tEdK7IBwx3UtuKzrp4BHg_PRSykTDwLtWG-eHsICOScSnohBzvuXfB3mqu71ZpUJUlf7yPTRTyi5U-FriaMo79sJP-Y/s1805/pot+melt+fused+glass+terra+cot+kiln+wash+saucer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pot Melt Fused Glass DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1805" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf904rsEpr2msOtrRGBddTVN3DJGAoAo1oYlkFKFPMuqlQUt8tEdK7IBwx3UtuKzrp4BHg_PRSykTDwLtWG-eHsICOScSnohBzvuXfB3mqu71ZpUJUlf7yPTRTyi5U-FriaMo79sJP-Y/w400-h166/pot+melt+fused+glass+terra+cot+kiln+wash+saucer.jpg" title="Pot Melt Fused Glass DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My kiln set-up to make pot melts.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGREezMpYAc_4GL6W8hgzJiupN3tec36Sbfm9OjT-VF886wdYX6igxJHPzVxl0E9xrfqp4DPWd3teGRKwNbjlMwq7RrrRLhq8ws4iiY2AU3sDnB1qVLCR7Nu6m20j4QPrpZ5nB9uRzhA/s1500/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Fused+Glass+Pot+Melt+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pot Melt Fused Glass DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGREezMpYAc_4GL6W8hgzJiupN3tec36Sbfm9OjT-VF886wdYX6igxJHPzVxl0E9xrfqp4DPWd3teGRKwNbjlMwq7RrrRLhq8ws4iiY2AU3sDnB1qVLCR7Nu6m20j4QPrpZ5nB9uRzhA/w400-h300/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Fused+Glass+Pot+Melt+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" title="Pot Melt Fused Glass DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pot melt pizzas from scrap Bullseye Glass</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The finished glass pizzas are beautiful and can be used in other fused glass projects, but these are for mosaics. To chop up my glass pizzas, I used my very own smalti chopping machine. Here is a video of it in use, I think it really works phenomenally well. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dywgqF8_FPvwCTfO8oGU44XBr1jMUlBY4E8NapYNZ8gv9j-r3JdbrtNn3rV4fWTeywGrKPFRbgVxSLZSTc86A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p>I took the time to chop up some streaky red, some green and a bit of blue. I am so happy with the results! I should note that the streaky glass did not always break square to the surface like the purchased Orsoni. This could be because I made the pizzas out of a different type of glass or maybe because the pizza is made of many different colors running at different angles to the surface. I'm not sure but I have so much glass made that I can pick and choose the pieces I use.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CIqI84KY7w_2CIH7Y08bvCKZw70M840Lrg1FGNhclHkECZWBaM4ZWdCY1Cbt0llUUorvidBTxfNKiyYzWGOiCeuhi-ZqjaFYxDGHs1KTDp9mfs0GkfZFY_WjVQpIWRnSo7BA9G3RRXc/s1500/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Red+Streaky+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CIqI84KY7w_2CIH7Y08bvCKZw70M840Lrg1FGNhclHkECZWBaM4ZWdCY1Cbt0llUUorvidBTxfNKiyYzWGOiCeuhi-ZqjaFYxDGHs1KTDp9mfs0GkfZFY_WjVQpIWRnSo7BA9G3RRXc/w300-h400/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Red+Streaky+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" title="DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home made streaky red glass smalti</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijTnqG5tcYeigJmEvbg-wkLOznTMm3TnUN2oQb6LQ1J_jbR9VZorq2AdtKoR-Jz_wiaJEgns4PrZBwsNN342aRa4XvCXldrjW3Op6ls9_0mKpVMzzZZctKrtpY6D49f-Z_7KGSat-rdM/s1500/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Green+Streaky+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijTnqG5tcYeigJmEvbg-wkLOznTMm3TnUN2oQb6LQ1J_jbR9VZorq2AdtKoR-Jz_wiaJEgns4PrZBwsNN342aRa4XvCXldrjW3Op6ls9_0mKpVMzzZZctKrtpY6D49f-Z_7KGSat-rdM/w300-h400/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Green+Streaky+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" title="DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home made streaky green glass smalti</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_W4nD6RR6muQnx00mXZkUsFy8_Cw3tamWBm_-1qCMDN-SXjuXOer0B-_olGzPu3To9G1HPbcPWogSfnLx4R4c2FJtX4HRxpL3DgdphEJFvamv8RYsNVOR6eDlKOPdzF96UObRI0qdzU/s1500/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Blue+Streaky+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_W4nD6RR6muQnx00mXZkUsFy8_Cw3tamWBm_-1qCMDN-SXjuXOer0B-_olGzPu3To9G1HPbcPWogSfnLx4R4c2FJtX4HRxpL3DgdphEJFvamv8RYsNVOR6eDlKOPdzF96UObRI0qdzU/w300-h400/DIY+Smalt+Glass+Mosaic+How+to+make+your+own+Blue+Streaky+Sharon+Warren+Glass+SharonWarrenGlass+FlutterbyButterfly.jpeg" title="DIY Smalt Glass Mosaic How to make your own Red Blue Green Streaky Sharon Warren Glass SharonWarrenGlass FlutterbyButterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home made streaky blue glass smalti</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Now to make some mosaics! Maybe a landscape with water flowing across or a field of trees in shades of green.</p><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></p><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-76794615445212765232021-09-20T03:23:00.015-07:002021-09-20T05:08:15.974-07:00How To Make a Fused Glass Abstract Landscape with Layers of Transparent Glass for Depth<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYgWiRb7oAJSXqblRIXck5i-hc-WjQbzW3T1CnfbQ-QI-Kl_0sUFbs_5aQc_Mh4aXgGkrLM0dYrdDTFdFimATAt_JaObNB6-B7WRbtYLsJ8anGSfjrhv7e1Y3M7NYhsFYFu2CSBUjGt8/s1500/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+small+5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYgWiRb7oAJSXqblRIXck5i-hc-WjQbzW3T1CnfbQ-QI-Kl_0sUFbs_5aQc_Mh4aXgGkrLM0dYrdDTFdFimATAt_JaObNB6-B7WRbtYLsJ8anGSfjrhv7e1Y3M7NYhsFYFu2CSBUjGt8/w300-h400/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+small+5.jpeg" title="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A finished fused glass abstract landscape in mini.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I love to create landscapes and cityscapes. When I begin a project, I usually start with a reference photo from a favorite place, but for my abstract landscapes I worked from memory. I hoped that maybe not beginning with a specific image would help me create a more abstract universal image of the landscape I was imagining. </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZIWfke7uEkNcP4Rps0QrJbUKi2_jGBn6vO8U6Myy-o-QsZAcVPQdStKcwJ8NrDRTDj__L2ZTV6OatMeNLnrOI7rT-lhKrT1VHFyGdLdfRXj9LTbXzioh2sagyNSk_kBsxgJKEwzaCC8/s1500/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+watercolor.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Watercolor Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZIWfke7uEkNcP4Rps0QrJbUKi2_jGBn6vO8U6Myy-o-QsZAcVPQdStKcwJ8NrDRTDj__L2ZTV6OatMeNLnrOI7rT-lhKrT1VHFyGdLdfRXj9LTbXzioh2sagyNSk_kBsxgJKEwzaCC8/w400-h300/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+watercolor.jpeg" title="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Watercolor Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My watercolor sketches for a fused glass abstract landscape.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>My first step was to paint a few small watercolors and find the best place for my horizon, adding in distant islands and the rocky shore up close. With each iteration, I came closer to the colors and layers I wanted. I tried more greens and thought about some colors opposite blue on the color wheel but decided the yellows of the spring green were too bold. Looking at the finished little watercolor sketches, I wished for the cooler tones of blue and purple.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAu5vocCWY_RDqxPCeclMmAQweBrlV1JzhpLjJ98uunkwFpfoAw7lIE3ReRZcpKmIYzqOnSYDOK8g-wFXnYqoueYkYHfSLLW8bb0rs0o10KJBrm3wFazdboo5uMceEYG7QUHkzP7KHXrs/s1500/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+scrap.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAu5vocCWY_RDqxPCeclMmAQweBrlV1JzhpLjJ98uunkwFpfoAw7lIE3ReRZcpKmIYzqOnSYDOK8g-wFXnYqoueYkYHfSLLW8bb0rs0o10KJBrm3wFazdboo5uMceEYG7QUHkzP7KHXrs/w400-h300/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+scrap.jpeg" title="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bullseye glass in shades of blue and purple.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>My next step was to find the glass palette I wanted to use. I opened my bins of Bullseye glass sorted by color family and found the shades of turquoise and sky blue that paired well with the lavender and plum. After I cut my base clear base glass, I added a metal ring for hanging.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNcHGzlxsSlRfPZ2NjSdu5-r45g6Ss6epYGxeyBnJkHhiCNlM8DtfJDYxHrj0TOqDkhsqAvCMgMYVEV5CuOtm2fhTav4ZTwd407RVF8vSOBmgrECeMv08_65TkDmMPbEWg5bansaMUqU/s2048/Fused+Glass+Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Painting watercolor" border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2048" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNcHGzlxsSlRfPZ2NjSdu5-r45g6Ss6epYGxeyBnJkHhiCNlM8DtfJDYxHrj0TOqDkhsqAvCMgMYVEV5CuOtm2fhTav4ZTwd407RVF8vSOBmgrECeMv08_65TkDmMPbEWg5bansaMUqU/w400-h263/Fused+Glass+Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting.jpg" title="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Painting watercolor" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused glass abstract landscapes in progress.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still couldn't settle on a completely cool palette, so I created 2 versions to play with the tones. It took longer than expected to place the fiddly little bits and I become too focused on each piece. Reminding myself that this was just an abstraction, I added a second layer of color.</div></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMojTXH3ekedyQkWktqiAE3xTcPV4Zjev9GMU99UWSFNi8Jq7JIeFdEmhXBKK05qv4DfZv_-DIZ6ksfam-Wjjb-evuULkI9Z40MSNgpN9KREo0TXIZyaU23w2oKn8_DZyDgaHKiIoMi8/s1500/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+small+6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMojTXH3ekedyQkWktqiAE3xTcPV4Zjev9GMU99UWSFNi8Jq7JIeFdEmhXBKK05qv4DfZv_-DIZ6ksfam-Wjjb-evuULkI9Z40MSNgpN9KREo0TXIZyaU23w2oKn8_DZyDgaHKiIoMi8/w400-h300/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+small+6.jpeg" title="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The glass layers of an unfired fused glass abstract landscape.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Layering transparent glass can create different results, like a third color, a greater color saturation, or a dilution of an area for more transparency. These effects really show after firing in my kiln. All the layers are fused together when the glass is heated to 1375 degF, but you can still feel the contours of each piece.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAe7JUR1Om0xNfP4aLKgy_shePIo1iukcN2fKFD5sHjsFVI_lVxOfRIqOYMaGEWg9Hs4FQCVA4lBq3exwlaa-z0VyI58Ym3jDEM1-cRknic0GYovWcFhYssNNMVFmuTTOX5Gtjp9_Rqs/s1500/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+small+7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAe7JUR1Om0xNfP4aLKgy_shePIo1iukcN2fKFD5sHjsFVI_lVxOfRIqOYMaGEWg9Hs4FQCVA4lBq3exwlaa-z0VyI58Ym3jDEM1-cRknic0GYovWcFhYssNNMVFmuTTOX5Gtjp9_Rqs/w400-h300/Abstract+Landscape+Wave+Ocean+Water+Ornament+Sharon+Warren+Glass+FlutterbyButterfly+Tack+Painting+small+7.jpeg" title="Fused Glass Abstract Landscape Wave Ocean Water Ornament Sharon Warren Glass FlutterbyButterfly Tack Fuse Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Firing my abstract fused glass mini landscapes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I tried to avoid creating too much detail with tiny bits of darker glass or any complementary colors that might draw your eye to any specific place. I wanted the horizon and the shore to be the only focal points in the finished tiny abstract landscape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-73475564609606521152021-08-27T07:53:00.007-07:002021-08-30T06:13:57.380-07:00How to make a Fused Sun Moon and Stars<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtZrmX1xRyV7lxwMAq21zKs1UHAYYmjSS1YBJh27azkMhGkZmou8ZiVhAePwfRnQk53DqYb1V8CE4YGLUt2b05al_-fuUrHjfzQQFjIIvmQ1HB3tR1K966kVEz1uAuTFrPhyb3qOVn5Q/s1000/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Finished.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Finished" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtZrmX1xRyV7lxwMAq21zKs1UHAYYmjSS1YBJh27azkMhGkZmou8ZiVhAePwfRnQk53DqYb1V8CE4YGLUt2b05al_-fuUrHjfzQQFjIIvmQ1HB3tR1K966kVEz1uAuTFrPhyb3qOVn5Q/w400-h400/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Finished.jpg" title="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Finished" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished fused glass sun, moon and stars.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I wanted to create colorful fused glass window art of the sun, the moon and the stars that capture the light and bring a smile to your face. My suns are bright and playful, with one holding the crescent moon in its sphere. My silver moon is sweet and sleepy in a rich blue and soft lavender. These designs are inspired by the work of Alexander Girard, a mid-century modern artist. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNUv93hK_VmDUseaKgEFB615DnAm4rrT0hhqicGOOfA810tWxARxdcZY3tVJN3uNMqUxccht0J7gF-PSBJXS8HuBLd4y94E7D5oKGgMb9_bfHPuz0vseZwmTthWpQsyif4daVDp0QfCk/s1006/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Striker.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Striker" border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="1006" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNUv93hK_VmDUseaKgEFB615DnAm4rrT0hhqicGOOfA810tWxARxdcZY3tVJN3uNMqUxccht0J7gF-PSBJXS8HuBLd4y94E7D5oKGgMb9_bfHPuz0vseZwmTthWpQsyif4daVDp0QfCk/w400-h200/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Striker.jpg" title="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Striker" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The glass strikes to bright yellow and orange.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Each suncatcher begins as Bullseye transparent sheet glass that gets cut and shaped into circles. The transparent yellow and oranges are made from striker glass, a glass that starts as almost colorless and changes (or strikes) to its mature color at about 1400 degF in the kiln. You can see the changes in the above photos.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYr1zNqyng-_K_kfuvU_kYdE0-ep7gB2Gd9sxyYt59_GEeluB2Euqt-vGAQbqPbHdCt7Nlqa8AFFEaG6Ysb9xNW4yE3qgASjM_KAVhrk4AnxRpz6uyw-XNnAnrz2SHI28exGWtHItzSA/s2048/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Enamel" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYr1zNqyng-_K_kfuvU_kYdE0-ep7gB2Gd9sxyYt59_GEeluB2Euqt-vGAQbqPbHdCt7Nlqa8AFFEaG6Ysb9xNW4yE3qgASjM_KAVhrk4AnxRpz6uyw-XNnAnrz2SHI28exGWtHItzSA/w300-h400/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Painting.jpg" title="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Enamel" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting each sun with designs from my sketchbook.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>After the first firing, an opaque center is added and the details are painted by hand with fused glass enamels. I tried to create designs that were both happy and whimsical, like pictures you might find in a Richard Scarry storybook. All suncatchers were fired a second time to set the enamel designs and fuse the opaque middle circles. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzfN-5p4ZZuMzM-jHaBwdc2nPsTDALsvDJF7LAlj9jBVot-atFlRCdW7zCaxYucKlQbNdqAUvtUmnIIegHJBKbpVVeS5mJTaYmkVYKyIiT3b7NPJ2NOzrOeiI-UAa2KnTvlxAa6VB_74/s1000/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Girard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Suns" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzfN-5p4ZZuMzM-jHaBwdc2nPsTDALsvDJF7LAlj9jBVot-atFlRCdW7zCaxYucKlQbNdqAUvtUmnIIegHJBKbpVVeS5mJTaYmkVYKyIiT3b7NPJ2NOzrOeiI-UAa2KnTvlxAa6VB_74/w400-h300/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Sun+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+Girard.jpg" title="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Sun Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly Suns" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work by Alexander Girard<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-46256426098665288642021-04-26T08:44:00.114-07:002021-08-30T06:14:22.853-07:00How to paint a Fused Glass Cat Enamel Painting<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dEsOq7BMSDVKYTGwsFtI1Sw-LAYaJ8StsgjJ_zzjTqBpirXDk8gzcycBAhvNUzY0te3WouFpSCHfv-SwWadA5AwvVHxAr9Yu8uBzS9MiStMvCryf7Ue38FjsTAtJNdPsUJ-yUsBQaL4/s1000/How+To+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+Enamel+Painting+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How To Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat Enamel Painting CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dEsOq7BMSDVKYTGwsFtI1Sw-LAYaJ8StsgjJ_zzjTqBpirXDk8gzcycBAhvNUzY0te3WouFpSCHfv-SwWadA5AwvVHxAr9Yu8uBzS9MiStMvCryf7Ue38FjsTAtJNdPsUJ-yUsBQaL4/w400-h300/How+To+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+Enamel+Painting+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" title="How To Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat Enamel Painting CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused glass enamels from Colors for Earth.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Glass enamels come in powdered form and are mixed with a medium to paint details on glass. The glass is then fired in a kiln to a set the color and create a glossy finish. I use lead-free Colors for Earth enamels, a paint brush and a dot stylus to create patterns on cut glass.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxMFtNckw2zMV-Xen4Svo3FfWY5Rv2fZBcEsnoyY9bZl_Ejm4sMX2GOrX9kTp5a9GXuR4jpdz9JsvjoIy5pbX4Ep4X5e1nNpFroRZKOm-25pq75cVwyYRsWu5QA-6JYBpzULkRuS8ztw/s1000/How+To+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+Enamel+Painting+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+sketch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How To Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat Enamel Painting CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly sketch" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxMFtNckw2zMV-Xen4Svo3FfWY5Rv2fZBcEsnoyY9bZl_Ejm4sMX2GOrX9kTp5a9GXuR4jpdz9JsvjoIy5pbX4Ep4X5e1nNpFroRZKOm-25pq75cVwyYRsWu5QA-6JYBpzULkRuS8ztw/w400-h300/How+To+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+Enamel+Painting+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+sketch.jpg" title="How To Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat Enamel Painting CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly sketch" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused glass enamel painting cat sketch.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Before I started painting, I created a sketch of my cats and chose a color palette of Bullseye glass and powdered enamels to work with. I wanted the cats to coordinate and the background patterns to feel like wallpaper. The cat silhouettes were transferred to the gray and peach glass, cut out with a Taurus ring saw and cleaned really well before painting.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsqhoMs1H2PfFadr1mKjx5z9l8YZUXFiQE8wOSGlrWKXcsmIkj-tv9e-wBfQd3KM1LNpZfEepV7WlC5kpTJg11LuzsHrG6_12p4OeeDbsf5d0VFHvKWkJYsO3JhimZXenfXzVvd8xqss/s1000/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+2+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat 2 CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsqhoMs1H2PfFadr1mKjx5z9l8YZUXFiQE8wOSGlrWKXcsmIkj-tv9e-wBfQd3KM1LNpZfEepV7WlC5kpTJg11LuzsHrG6_12p4OeeDbsf5d0VFHvKWkJYsO3JhimZXenfXzVvd8xqss/w300-h400/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+2+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" title="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat 2 CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting a fused glass enamel cat.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5AtV-IcVHSe6o2fYD0paU3fEMc8FXyYWLDK5-ajFvJGfykvGG-8AymM5uywPsJaVTgoxQ5I2EMhPXCKHdHmndoHcLCjumGrcHCaR5waK0fsWUfY4HiDH2uaoNGorF2WZ2DRl9bwmk40/s1000/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+1+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat 1 CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5AtV-IcVHSe6o2fYD0paU3fEMc8FXyYWLDK5-ajFvJGfykvGG-8AymM5uywPsJaVTgoxQ5I2EMhPXCKHdHmndoHcLCjumGrcHCaR5waK0fsWUfY4HiDH2uaoNGorF2WZ2DRl9bwmk40/w300-h400/How+to+Paint+Enamel+Fused+Glass+Cat+1+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" title="How to Paint Enamel Fused Glass Cat 1 CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting another fused glass enamel cat.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>After mixing the powdered glass enamel with the medium to a cream-like consistency, you can paint details with a brush or a stylus. Enamels are the perfect way to add details to the cat fur and the wallpaper background. Making the dots with the stylus was fairly easy, leaving a lighter spot in the center from the metal ball. The zig zag background was more difficult because the enamel would pool at the beginning of loading up my brush, but I just decided to leave it. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPyyhdxbXxRrrA8PIEzBjDIo31H5Ygs5uJN54fNJNs1RgjM1LorftgQ2ISczT7C0iZNayFle02Pu36nzQITT7kc3pYvVY4k9B99cn3AVUTjn-aAqQSxmqAJ7MT1ZOhnjaoHn62T_yGfs/s1000/Fused+Glass+Cat+Enamel+Painting+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+finished.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Cat Enamel Painting CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly finished" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPyyhdxbXxRrrA8PIEzBjDIo31H5Ygs5uJN54fNJNs1RgjM1LorftgQ2ISczT7C0iZNayFle02Pu36nzQITT7kc3pYvVY4k9B99cn3AVUTjn-aAqQSxmqAJ7MT1ZOhnjaoHn62T_yGfs/w400-h300/Fused+Glass+Cat+Enamel+Painting+CFE+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+finished.jpg" title="Fused Glass Cat Enamel Painting CFE Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly finished" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished fused glass enamel painted cat pair.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I fired my enamel painted cats with their dichroic glass noses in the kiln to 1350 degF to set the paints and keep the texture of the layered glass. I think their beady little eyes are so cute!</p><p><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 13px;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-89598532759717687372021-02-09T06:49:00.151-08:002021-08-30T06:14:43.234-07:00How to make a Fused Glass Frit Painting Beach Ocean Sea<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrNTS2zoFBeI-XNtD-ic61eyKcaaT0wp5cXlOL2iHmHx9ybuOT1q2WP0LBp3r1bDIDsugrIPUje_9gQyDjaoaJKHL_gyjLzrvC7Hs78J9nvqbErNCmgdtxGGr6JmW8EES9TD7J_icS7w/s1000/Fused+Glass+Beach+Starfish+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+finished.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Beach Starfish Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly finished" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrNTS2zoFBeI-XNtD-ic61eyKcaaT0wp5cXlOL2iHmHx9ybuOT1q2WP0LBp3r1bDIDsugrIPUje_9gQyDjaoaJKHL_gyjLzrvC7Hs78J9nvqbErNCmgdtxGGr6JmW8EES9TD7J_icS7w/w300-h400/Fused+Glass+Beach+Starfish+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+finished.jpg" title="Fused Glass Beach Starfish Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly finished" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused Glass Frit Painting of an Ocean</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I wanted to create a glass painting inspired by the impressionistist Henri Edmund Cross. His neo-impressionist paintings are created with a network of tiny dots of paint that come together to form pictures. Glass frit is the perfect medium to play with this idea.</p><p>A frit painting is made from crushed glass that can be purchased sorted by size - powder, fine, medium and course. Bullseye glass sells their frit in the same color palette as their sheet glass. I used all 4 types in my painting.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-JA9Vt7V0zHp1SC-xtL2oPeAYnL1c8d0jCEk2mXwn4AtSxFIhGvFZQkleKsW9TAwY8o0cFTmEh_Uy3IDIhJx65wo5GQksjHwiJO5He5W6D1GCKdGvSyplRKqHtvsA8LOhpnUdoaN6VU/s1000/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Frit+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Frit Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-JA9Vt7V0zHp1SC-xtL2oPeAYnL1c8d0jCEk2mXwn4AtSxFIhGvFZQkleKsW9TAwY8o0cFTmEh_Uy3IDIhJx65wo5GQksjHwiJO5He5W6D1GCKdGvSyplRKqHtvsA8LOhpnUdoaN6VU/w400-h300/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Frit+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpg" title="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Frit Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused Glass Frit from Bullseye Glass</td></tr></tbody></table><p>To create my frit painting, I began by laying down the course chunky frit in lines for the water. I used different shades of blue, some transparent and some opaque. I tried to move from light to dark to give the picture some perspective, taking care to glue down at various stages. I continued to add frit to get the detail I wanted, working with the smaller sizes last. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjuD1FjXBQwSZmOTQj6NoRf9zjPUKX2-wkxIyCAo1ri-zQceqFYf7v-fPedW02xP4L-3FZtePE_27QU7qXazj8xPm3YEdEuPzZo7womkBTMQM22BqRuVsEBhuIOBWNYWiQ4GyCwZTe-0/s2250/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+process.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly process" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2250" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjuD1FjXBQwSZmOTQj6NoRf9zjPUKX2-wkxIyCAo1ri-zQceqFYf7v-fPedW02xP4L-3FZtePE_27QU7qXazj8xPm3YEdEuPzZo7womkBTMQM22BqRuVsEBhuIOBWNYWiQ4GyCwZTe-0/w400-h178/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+process.jpg" title="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly process" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused Glass Frit Ocean Painting Progress</td></tr></tbody></table><p>To finish the frit painting, I fired the glass in my kiln to 1500 degF for a full fuse and a smooth finish. The color of the sand was created in the heat of the kiln. This reaction happens between the sulfur and the lead in the french vanilla and sunset coral glasses. I added a sand dollar in an additional firing to give the glass painting dimension and texture. I like art that you can touch!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC86vHKGwJn7cQnVkSu2s7KukITVH56LB154Z_K2UPDf5Nz1Yyeca5znuIimKMafyL_ZWTbIAtmFfF8BZU6cjlVMbnX90gqXJEVFPLFGhPeWVyf2e711tYBHD3HFst5U4auObS8GmWKbg/s1000/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+finished.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly finished" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC86vHKGwJn7cQnVkSu2s7KukITVH56LB154Z_K2UPDf5Nz1Yyeca5znuIimKMafyL_ZWTbIAtmFfF8BZU6cjlVMbnX90gqXJEVFPLFGhPeWVyf2e711tYBHD3HFst5U4auObS8GmWKbg/w300-h400/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly+finished.jpg" title="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly finished" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Fused Glass Frit Painting</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3RsMQlBrgQlxdmw7lLfB5JP_wCr0Jru7f-h40DPkFnL0aXlWqyLOqj7oHNCtlYd7imf5VEVj0pcdxu2aGEDlTZ5JlGqVbLPor-dL9Tv5Gst8JiSdmZEeZIslGco0FLmhe2rP9vKerLU/s1000/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="906" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3RsMQlBrgQlxdmw7lLfB5JP_wCr0Jru7f-h40DPkFnL0aXlWqyLOqj7oHNCtlYd7imf5VEVj0pcdxu2aGEDlTZ5JlGqVbLPor-dL9Tv5Gst8JiSdmZEeZIslGco0FLmhe2rP9vKerLU/w290-h320/Fused+Glass+Beach+Ocean+Sea+Painting+Pointillism+Dots+Sharon+Warren+Glass+sharonwarrenglass+flutterbybutterfly.jpeg" title="Fused Glass Beach Ocean Sea Painting Pointillism Dots Sharon Warren Glass sharonwarrenglass flutterbybutterfly" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Golden Isles by Henri Edmund Cross</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><br /><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-78744150928442257532020-10-23T13:40:00.044-07:002021-08-30T06:14:57.498-07:00Urban Sketching in Richmond Virginia<p>A few more watercolor paintings of some older buildings in Richmond Virginia. Each sketch was done first in Lexington Gray ink and then watercolor was added. I have included a photo of the building after each watercolor sketch, I think there were many liberties taken.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPw4Udz8om96TeJTG9UX-zZEIVr1eNcGX-Z4CRsKj6J8JJ00Bfdd2u-fMMvn4lBqRej3III-CKfRTmgxu2fdk6ys046oicxIHGM5hhDtXlYzfZfHcADEPRDZAgfgUo8Q82VrfcxPvXUM/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+808+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 808 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPw4Udz8om96TeJTG9UX-zZEIVr1eNcGX-Z4CRsKj6J8JJ00Bfdd2u-fMMvn4lBqRej3III-CKfRTmgxu2fdk6ys046oicxIHGM5hhDtXlYzfZfHcADEPRDZAgfgUo8Q82VrfcxPvXUM/w300-h400/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+808+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpeg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 808 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">808 West Franklin watercolor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0lW-3fM3pc9Cmt38ui2CyAVUTlgr5U5E2xDFsibr10l-Ma2yw25EpYHEBQlqNZYHELbh-9_xm3WWA5umMdi6-zg69yZD_z7OhZ6l8NlLfWS9SXuFvV-iC6zHygllKd8v7B7dIQdRxdA/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+808+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Photo.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0lW-3fM3pc9Cmt38ui2CyAVUTlgr5U5E2xDFsibr10l-Ma2yw25EpYHEBQlqNZYHELbh-9_xm3WWA5umMdi6-zg69yZD_z7OhZ6l8NlLfWS9SXuFvV-iC6zHygllKd8v7B7dIQdRxdA/w300-h400/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+808+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Photo.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">808 West Franklin Street photo<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I feel like I am struggling to include all the detail and the depth of the actual building and just overworking the colors in some places. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOcTc7aHNGoLOLt_yaZppBDVbOLimM7uhkprlUjWiQ2WnVgFqva0bfzfRsw2aU2t41mbi3O3j9tdWhh8lVRXzdCo57LAaStrRktb_aFODkz7ILitqKbRbUah3-ZHFEBUkdy0YdbvgxzM/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+818+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 818 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOcTc7aHNGoLOLt_yaZppBDVbOLimM7uhkprlUjWiQ2WnVgFqva0bfzfRsw2aU2t41mbi3O3j9tdWhh8lVRXzdCo57LAaStrRktb_aFODkz7ILitqKbRbUah3-ZHFEBUkdy0YdbvgxzM/w300-h400/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+818+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpeg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 818 W Franklin Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">818 West Franklin Street watercolor<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxycus1NtqZIYywd3AhvydeoRJbIS5zx-ZyoaexjeVfoDhEQBmIXGiY7UxNugSaxafNpyGBeQbDYAQ5ipg3lorNlvJdbDDMmazDz5BlhN3JoqIvzWrwWgBW77_Cwbo0pQYwwk6iDg3epo/s1333/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+818+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Photo.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxycus1NtqZIYywd3AhvydeoRJbIS5zx-ZyoaexjeVfoDhEQBmIXGiY7UxNugSaxafNpyGBeQbDYAQ5ipg3lorNlvJdbDDMmazDz5BlhN3JoqIvzWrwWgBW77_Cwbo0pQYwwk6iDg3epo/w300-h400/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+818+W+Franklin+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Photo.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">818 West Franklin Street photo<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-85006640013866427342020-09-18T12:08:00.079-07:002021-08-30T06:36:54.121-07:00Fused Glass Abstract Landscape SUNcatcher<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsubSvnHdQaG_wPgIfP77TERnzf3pNRZoj5HhCijS013ZkumlHqb9uq8ALkKc5SchO7Q_ghCK4bnB4YOaw7ek6n0RUr0lHa-BtPB52lsE0X_Z2pDIoBUpHuQRFXdsy-PatmgPGezvhwU/s1000/Abstract+Modern+Landscape+Ornament+Handmade+Glass+Fused+Sharon+Warren+FlutterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Bullseye+Frit+Tack+Fuse+Painting+4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abstract Modern Landscape Ornament Handmade Glass Fused Sharon Warren FlutterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Bullseye Frit Tack Fuse Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsubSvnHdQaG_wPgIfP77TERnzf3pNRZoj5HhCijS013ZkumlHqb9uq8ALkKc5SchO7Q_ghCK4bnB4YOaw7ek6n0RUr0lHa-BtPB52lsE0X_Z2pDIoBUpHuQRFXdsy-PatmgPGezvhwU/w300-h400/Abstract+Modern+Landscape+Ornament+Handmade+Glass+Fused+Sharon+Warren+FlutterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Bullseye+Frit+Tack+Fuse+Painting+4.jpeg" title="Abstract Modern Landscape Ornament Handmade Glass Fused Sharon Warren FlutterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Bullseye Frit Tack Fuse Painting 1" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused glass abstract landscape.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Getting settled into a new workshop takes some time and leaves me feeling a little abstract. So I was inspired to create a very modern and loose interpretation of a landscape. These colors were inspired by my daughter's art, a color gradient of the layers of the earth as you move from the core to the earth's surface. When I looked at her brilliant color gradations, I was reminded of a landscape looking out to sea and beyond to the mountains. Art is always in the eye of the beholder. </p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGY1xQ2h-KHOqydi3T_Zb_EtbgPT1TSyvUhZdrt9ILyzbFkJis_a1-2y_DN6fOdXBOzqW0_lOdGdVmjkHTHprzjCVbuVGw15ElhtkjeaXiP9kgcY6Gby1YfNwQKBjWENn4TLqBrhTcLI8/s1000/Abstract+Modern+Landscape+Ornament+Handmade+Glass+Fused+Sharon+Warren+FlutterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Bullseye+Frit+Tack+Fuse+Painting+1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abstract Modern Landscape Ornament Handmade Glass Fused Sharon Warren FlutterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Bullseye Frit Tack Fuse Painting" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGY1xQ2h-KHOqydi3T_Zb_EtbgPT1TSyvUhZdrt9ILyzbFkJis_a1-2y_DN6fOdXBOzqW0_lOdGdVmjkHTHprzjCVbuVGw15ElhtkjeaXiP9kgcY6Gby1YfNwQKBjWENn4TLqBrhTcLI8/w400-h300/Abstract+Modern+Landscape+Ornament+Handmade+Glass+Fused+Sharon+Warren+FlutterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Bullseye+Frit+Tack+Fuse+Painting+1.jpeg" title="Abstract Modern Landscape Ornament Handmade Glass Fused Sharon Warren FlutterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Bullseye Frit Tack Fuse Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bullseye glass frit in jars.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>To create each mini landscape, I layered opaque and transparent crushed glass on a solid clear base. A strip of fiber paper was inserted between layers of glass to save room for a ribbon later. Each glass landscape is heated in the kiln to 1375 degF to leave textured and dimension. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXB83GabyGkRfrEr3SHd8pMCKaUnuf-WW7Wh1-yDLxBtVxk8DWYvls4aXlxS6cRB-OSmKSDl7stjmYUZOheH0AkJnqXRnKPyxqgYvxXfuxxwhf7yLtg_VePKPUu-Uu11Iy03MWijjCQFI/s1000/Abstract+Modern+Landscape+Ornament+Handmade+Glass+Fused+Sharon+Warren+FlutterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Bullseye+Frit+Tack+Fuse+Painting+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Abstract Modern Landscape Ornament Handmade Glass Fused Sharon Warren FlutterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Bullseye Frit Tack Fuse Painting" border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXB83GabyGkRfrEr3SHd8pMCKaUnuf-WW7Wh1-yDLxBtVxk8DWYvls4aXlxS6cRB-OSmKSDl7stjmYUZOheH0AkJnqXRnKPyxqgYvxXfuxxwhf7yLtg_VePKPUu-Uu11Iy03MWijjCQFI/w400-h300/Abstract+Modern+Landscape+Ornament+Handmade+Glass+Fused+Sharon+Warren+FlutterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Bullseye+Frit+Tack+Fuse+Painting+2.jpeg" title="Abstract Modern Landscape Ornament Handmade Glass Fused Sharon Warren FlutterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Bullseye Frit Tack Fuse Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fused glass mini landscapes before firing.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: white;"><br /><br /></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-76374942162333584772020-09-03T07:46:00.102-07:002021-08-30T06:35:57.126-07:00Urban Sketching Watercolors<p>Our daughter has begun college with a virtual freshman year while living in the dorms at Virginia Commonwealth University. It is all very strange but probably pretty normal for right now. Walking around VCU before going to visit her is beautiful. Everyone is masked and Richmond is such a clean little city. </p><p>It's wonderful to have the opportunity to sketch in ink and then work to capture some of the local buildings in watercolors. I have been trying to limit a painting to a few color mixes but maybe my choices for this one were too strong. I used a mix of Indian Red, Permanent Red and Winsor Orange for the brickwork. The tree colors seem all over the place too.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3ixzHvCMxeYwpWwuJTDa_L7RXLFwwDjxS6_Kn7Q4zTH2A9uz156Hx2Us7mfjOmClruHqiNQP15dnjrSSciJ_eDwF7AjzmY5abRRgPv9vkI9rNDOJmLsyW9eVZRtlnrDfF3vgpt1sH1Y/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+N+Laurel+Cathedral+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting N Laurel Cathedral Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3ixzHvCMxeYwpWwuJTDa_L7RXLFwwDjxS6_Kn7Q4zTH2A9uz156Hx2Us7mfjOmClruHqiNQP15dnjrSSciJ_eDwF7AjzmY5abRRgPv9vkI9rNDOJmLsyW9eVZRtlnrDfF3vgpt1sH1Y/w400-h300/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+N+Laurel+Cathedral+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting N Laurel Cathedral Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North Laurel Street and South Cathedral Place<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here is a sketch of just the porch of the same red brick building done in much lighter tones. Maybe too light this time. I lost the perspective of the crosswalk but gained the detail of the brick and bushes.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aaJ8kyQKgCros8mMK2aRA5kKwcVec6_mfPizONyl_5S0iAjRFZqpIU6q7uSe6tOXcdWp8RcSdfR97w_-9KZoogBvclf74cA1mItizSXCvvxpVqeCg2iwUxTfImvjdBeTWFTb0yP_TgY/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+16+N+Laurel+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 16 N Laurel Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aaJ8kyQKgCros8mMK2aRA5kKwcVec6_mfPizONyl_5S0iAjRFZqpIU6q7uSe6tOXcdWp8RcSdfR97w_-9KZoogBvclf74cA1mItizSXCvvxpVqeCg2iwUxTfImvjdBeTWFTb0yP_TgY/w400-h300/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+16+N+Laurel+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 16 N Laurel Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">16 North Laurel Street<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here is a different building just a ways down Cathedral Place. This time I chose to paint the brick in just a mix of Indian Red and Permanent Red for a more pinky and happier tone. More lemon yellow in the bushes also makes it feel sunnier.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ-BlumEoYJySW4b363siZwO88VM_D_LxhsSL0jB81fpP0rkCl_wliZw1UVCjOhU9CvT4-e6OkeQ1Q7pi3WYQg2uNMqa6rgZRtPeC6mtkR0RFe589S2xw5IbCCaTJZNq8EYt-9Ts8y24/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+808+Cathedral+Place+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 808 Cathedral Place Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ-BlumEoYJySW4b363siZwO88VM_D_LxhsSL0jB81fpP0rkCl_wliZw1UVCjOhU9CvT4-e6OkeQ1Q7pi3WYQg2uNMqa6rgZRtPeC6mtkR0RFe589S2xw5IbCCaTJZNq8EYt-9Ts8y24/w300-h400/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+808+Cathedral+Place+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting 808 Cathedral Place Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">808 Cathedral Place<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I'm not sure anyone would recognize these buildings from my sketches, but they are fun to do and an exercise in how much detail to include and what colors to choose and lots of other things I'm trying to work on. </p><p><br /><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-38327220627521899212020-08-26T06:31:00.026-07:002021-08-30T06:35:30.911-07:00Moving Back to the US! Yeah!<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The past 5 years has seen us living in Sicily, then in Okinawa and back to the east coast of the US. A Navy move is never easy and definitely not an international move with an 85 pound dog during a global epidemic. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">We are getting settled in Williamsburg, Virginia and as we wait the 3 months for our crates of stuff</span><span style="background-color: white;"> to arrive, I thought I would sketch some of the old buildings in Richmond, Virginia. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">I spent some time making a waterproof palette guide for my colors and tucked into the top of my travel tin. I'm a beginner and it helps me to keep track of my colors mixes.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnxUR8gphI7KMo17myWWQhguCzryNTdyoS9xopSt_ppVwnqZM1aSU-UZCgyjHdhi46CBqsDVldeZ-NCrNnBc06rOIgnVLex2MsZCbqt1ikFwNErdnQzAjwudk4ODMmbnYQAvGfgy7Tc8/s1000/Watercolor+Painting+Palette+Color+Organization+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica;"><img alt="Watercolor Painting Palette Color Organization Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnxUR8gphI7KMo17myWWQhguCzryNTdyoS9xopSt_ppVwnqZM1aSU-UZCgyjHdhi46CBqsDVldeZ-NCrNnBc06rOIgnVLex2MsZCbqt1ikFwNErdnQzAjwudk4ODMmbnYQAvGfgy7Tc8/w400-h300/Watercolor+Painting+Palette+Color+Organization+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" title="Watercolor Painting Palette Color Organization Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My organized and labeled watercolor palette.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">Richmond is about an hour's drive from our house and where our daughter will be going to college. It is such a nice city and just the right size for walking. It is filled with tons of older buildings perfect for sketching. The streets are mostly empty and those people that I see are wearing masks due to the pandemic. I thought to include some of them, but it seems depressing and timely.</span></div><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt0T0EiPE0Ofk40L1tEoWk_paOeSPlWeEPliZ0x0q_uwR4FGm7VsjOcplABGtO33KCcV3q93-1ShyYArsjLwYnnPs4D1MQq0-MphenY9eycgur_gT5vA1RJHTZxc2QoxhMYYniOikhRc/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+West+Franklin+Street+Alley+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica;"><img alt="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting West Franklin Street Alley Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt0T0EiPE0Ofk40L1tEoWk_paOeSPlWeEPliZ0x0q_uwR4FGm7VsjOcplABGtO33KCcV3q93-1ShyYArsjLwYnnPs4D1MQq0-MphenY9eycgur_gT5vA1RJHTZxc2QoxhMYYniOikhRc/w300-h400/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+West+Franklin+Street+Alley+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" title="Urban Sketch Watercolor Painting West Franklin Street Alley Richmond Virginia Building Home Historic Handmade Sharon Warren FluterbyButterfly FlutterbyFoto Painting" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">An alley off West Franklin Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lalIz2yTD8teKdJ9xkP0Ckob2GUmFk6UlmhLlEKQq_vHnOC1bfzzMw0qrLcTRIW9uMzFAC82UGqEtPePAqMc0LzTse85vqbmfGac-0FBYrS9V3ylT7hbxggUpauWYw8BbzNHyJnFKvs/s1000/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+917+West+Grace+Street+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lalIz2yTD8teKdJ9xkP0Ckob2GUmFk6UlmhLlEKQq_vHnOC1bfzzMw0qrLcTRIW9uMzFAC82UGqEtPePAqMc0LzTse85vqbmfGac-0FBYrS9V3ylT7hbxggUpauWYw8BbzNHyJnFKvs/w300-h400/Urban+Sketch+Watercolor+Painting+917+West+Grace+Street+Richmond+Virginia+Building+Home+Historic+Handmade+Sharon+Warren+FluterbyButterfly+FlutterbyFoto+Painting.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">917 West Grace Street<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Here is to more art and less stress!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="font-family: Times;" /><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Times;" /></span></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: white;">Sharon Warren Glass | sharonwarrenglass | sharonwarrenglass.com | FluttterByButterfly | Sharon Warren Glass Artist</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-7565018180405130572019-10-21T03:29:00.003-07:002021-08-30T06:35:09.664-07:00Fused Glass Whale Sharks and Rays<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A school of whale sharks swimming happily across transparent turquoise sheets of glass. Whale sharks are the biggest species of fish in the sea and can have a mouth as wide as 5 feet across! These tiny specimens of the gentle giants were each painted by hand in my tiny workshop in Okinawa, Japan.</div>
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My whale sharks and rays are created with Colors For Earth glass enamels. Each color comes in powdered form and is mixed with medium to about a melted ice cream consistency. I found it best to mix and apply these paints with tiny wax carving tools. It has taken some time to get used to applying the enamels in the right thickness to get an even color saturation. Dots are applied with a dotting tool and each ornament is fired in my fiber kiln to 1410 degF for a solid fuse and nice rounded edges.</div>
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I created small whale sharks and spotted eagle rays perfect to hang in any window or on a Christmas tree.</div>
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When you live on a tiny island like Okinawa, you can see the water from almost anywhere. This inspires the way you live and definitely what you create. This fused glass sun catcher is created from organic layers of many shades of blue for an abstract reminder of the ocean the surrounds us.<br />
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To make each glass wave, I carefully cut and arrange layers of transparent sheet glass in many cool shades of blue. The glass ocean is then heated in the kiln to 1375 degF to
create a textured finish. Like any wave, each one is unique.<br />
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Spring in the military is PCS season, the time when everyone begins to move to their next duty station. PCS stands for Permanent Change of Station and it means saying good-bye to friends and hello to a new adventure. These Okinawa fused glass maps will help to celebrate time spent on island.</div>
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I hand paint each map of Okinawa on a square of Bullseye glass using specialty paints. These glass paints are purchased in powder form and mixed to just the right consistency. They will fire to a glossy finish when heated in my kiln.<br />
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Once the glass paint is dry, I create a sandwich of two clear pieces of glass filled with a mix of crushed glass and glass powders in many shades of transparent blue. Each ornament is fired in the kiln to a temperature of 1475 degF. After more than 13 hours, each sandwich becomes one solid piece of glass with the map of Okinawa permanently fused to the surface.<br />
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Happy moving season!<br />
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We took a day and visited the Churaumi Aquarium on the north side of the island of Okinawa, Japan. We love to visit this aquarium and see the whale sharks and rays in the Kuroshio Sea exhibit through huge viewing windows. The spot pattern on a whale shark is unique to each one, like fingerprints for people.<br />
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I want to create glass that is unique to Okinawa, so I decided to make a whale shark and a spotted ray. After creating the sketches, I cut out a plastic templates to transfer the images to glass.</div>
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The next step was to cut out the complex shape on a glass ring saw. I could hand cut the piece, but there would be quite a bit of waste.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting out a whale shark on a glass ring saw.</td></tr>
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After cleaning the glass, I added the unique spot pattern with Colors For Earth enamels and set the whale shark on top of an ocean background created in a separate firing.<br />
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I also created a spotted eagle ray so the whale shark would have a happy friend to swim with!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fused glass spotted eagle ray</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2431931531029459865.post-86435094785062135632019-01-17T19:33:00.003-08:002021-08-30T06:17:17.279-07:00How To Make a Cherry Blossom Sakura Flowers Fused Glass Painting<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Delicate cherry blossoms in transparent and opaque shades of pink bloom on a painted branch.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">This glass painting was inspired by a photo taken in Kyoto Japan of cherry blossom trees being pruned. My husband took this picture in March at the beginning of cherry blossom season in Mainland Japan. In Okinawa, where we live now, cherry blossom season is in January.</span>
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The sky is a gradient in shades of blue enamels painted on a piece of white Bullseye sheet glass. I tried for loose brush strokes to create lots of soft movement. To create the branch, I used different shades of brown for the striations and shading on the bark. After the enamel was set, I added blooms made from Bullseye crushed glass in both opaque and transparent glass. T</span><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">he glass painting was then heated in the kiln to 1475 degF for a full fuse.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I love how the the layers of petals give such depth against the painted blue sky. I hope this fused glass painting of the cherry blossoms blooming helps to capture the moment.</span><br />
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