FREE GLASS PAINTING PATTERNSTo come up with free glass painting patterns, we did lots of research…well OK ... we spent a great day playing with various glass painting products. Some manufacturers, like Delta, sent us products to test in our makeshift "paint lab". We thank them very much! Our first word of advice is to practice on old jars, so ... anything you buy in a glass container is fair game! Think mayonnaise, pickles, asparagus, and baby food jars. You might even buy something you don't like just 'cause it comes in a really cool jar. It's a good idea to think ahead ... which of course we didn't. So yes, we found ourselves holding items in awkward positions with no idea how to dry them. And, there was a curious cat and a very large dog there too. One to walk through paint and the other to demand attention just at that crucial moment in the creative process! We recommend you prepare an area where you can set wet things down. If you’re doing glass ornaments, then you'll need a place where they can hang and drip. Also, prepare all of your glass pieces in advance so you can be ready for anything…as you’ll see.
If you'd like to try
the art of reverse glass painting, here are step by step instructions and a link to a free reverse glass painting pattern. 
Hand painted wine glasses are so popular!
This pretty design by Jodi Clerke is available as a free glass painting pattern just for you! The instructions are simple and the line drawing can be re-sized to fit any surface. Simply
click here
to get started.
So here are more free glass painting patterns (some are free-form) as promised. For the simple glass painting featured next and further down the page, we used the Delta Iridescent PermEnamel Glass Paints and Transparent PermEnamel Glass Paints. We absolutely loved our results and the ease of use. We're sure you will too! Just have fun.
Supplies for Amber Glass ProjectsClear Glass Bottle with CorkClear Flat Glass Ornament Clear Glass Plate Tall, Narrow Glass (optional) PermEnamel Surface Conditioner Delta - Iridescent Permenamels in Amber and in White Gold Transparent PermEnamel in Yellow Delta – PermEnamel Black Accent Liner PermEnamel Gloss Glaze Palette paper or waxed paper Embellishments, including beads, old earrings, scrap paper, etc; whatever "ephemera" you want to add. Paper towels Try our
Glass Paints
section for all the detailed information.
Free Glass Painting Pattern Instructions1. As always, glass items are washed, rinsed and dried well.2. A coat of the Step 1 Surface Conditioner is applied and allowed to dry. Thankfully, it doesn't take long! 3. We started with an inexpensive glass jar with a cork stopper (see photo). Because we used a drip method, the jar was placed on a piece of palette paper with a flat lid directly underneath to keep it elevated. 4. Each Iridescent PermEnamel comes in a squeezable, plastic bottle with a narrow tip. Beginning at the neck of the jar, we drizzled Amber, White/Gold and Yellow randomly. We watched with fascination as the drips trickled down the sides of the jar. Then we drizzled more color over a previous color or where blank spots were left here and there. We recommend rotating the jar carefully while playing ... uh ... working! Come to think of it, a lazy Susan would come in real handy! 5. As we watched the jar, we noticed another wonderful thing happening on the paper underneath. The different colors were mingling together to create this wonderful puddle that looked like iridescent marble. That's when we all heck broke loose! We didn’t want anything to go to waste! 
6. So next ... a glass ornament (see photo) was dipped right into the paint puddle. Then we simply scooped paint up with a flat brush and drizzled it along the top to finish covering the surface.
Now just a word of advice ... before you do this. It's a lot easier if you remove the hanger thingy and place something like a wooden stir stick into the opening first. Then when you're done, you can poke the stick into a piece of Styrofoam. That way the paint can drip off freely. Of course, feel free to come up with your own ingenious plan.
7. There was still a lot of our iridescent puddle left, so we grabbed a glass plate... and thought ... why not set the back of the glass plate down into the remaining mixture? Well, this caused the paint and palette paper to stick to the plate. Uh oh! Think fast!! So we carefully inverted the plate (elevated) onto a sturdy piece of cardboard then continued to pat the mixture from the palette paper until the back of the plate was completely covered. The results, as you can see were gorgeous! So we put the plate aside and shooed the pets out of the room. Too many disaster possibilities at this stage! 8. But wait ... there's still paint left... so we lay the palette paper down on the table (paint side up of course) :o). Taped off 1" around the lip of a tall, narrow glass and rolled it in the paint. The paper wrapped around the glass as we rolled. So we gingerly unrolled and gently peeled the paper back. Just amazing! No mess, just a happy accident! (not shown) 9. After letting everything dry for 10 days, we applied the PermEnamel Gloss Glaze to protect our hard work. 10. To decorate our new pieces of art, we strung an old necklace with a single, discarded earring around the neck of the jar. A cut out piece of vellum with a vintage lady's face was cut and glued to the top of the cork, then a thin line of Black Accent Liner was used to finish around the edge. 11. As for the ornament all we did there was to add a purchased doo-dad to the top. Simple yet elegant, wouldn’t you agree? Supplies for the Sunburst Glass PlatePermEnamel Surface ConditionerDelta - Iridescent Permenamels in Orange/Gold Red/Gold Yellow/Pink Purple/Blue Blue/Blue Green/Gold Delta – PermEnamel Gold Accent Liner PermEnamel Gloss Glaze Palette paper or waxed paper Here’s a really colorful and useful project. You could make a whole set with matching water glasses!! Free Glass Painting Pattern Instructions
Start by washing the plate and drying it.
Then apply the Step 1 Surface Conditioner to the back of the plate. That’s where you’ll be applying the paint.
Here’s where the fun begins! Take the Gold Accent Liner and create swirls on the underside of the plate. Just free hand the design and let your imagination guide you. You can’t do anything wrong even when you blob the paint… trust us on this one. Add “sunrays” to the outer edge of the plate or other creative design of your own. Let this dry overnight. The Accent Liner will have dried and created gentle ridges that will help contain the paint in the sections.
Use an old round brush or a toothpick to blend one color into the other. Add some Yellow/Pink and blend into the Orange/Gold. In another section of the swirl pattern, use Purple/Blue and Blue/Blue and blend those together. Add some Red/Gold and blend that into some Purple/Blue. Keep working your way out… Take some Green/Gold, some Yellow/Pink and some Orange/Gold for another blending combination. Try Purple/Blue and Red/Gold. When you get to the sections on the edges, just fill them with any of the colors you used previously. 
If the paint runs into another section, don’t fight it. It actually all looks really good when it’s all done and dry.
After 10 days of curing, finish with a coat of PermEnamel Gloss Glaze. Ta da!!
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Starting in the center of the swirls, squeeze out a bit of Red/Gold and right next to it add some Orange/Gold.
