Quote Originally Posted by helm96 View Post
Lynn, that looks awesome. Your little ones are gonna LOVE IT! You did a great job there and you have set a spark now to do a vert conversion. So many ideas rolling, just no painting trees for me! My artistic abilities lack there!
Thanks Will,

I got the idea from a video I watched on painting aquarium backgrounds.

The glass painting technique took a bit of practice getting the layer thing right.
Details have to go on the glass first.
Then every time you add a color / the color (looking from the inside) changes .
There is really no artistic ability needed. Believe me- I have none.
I draw like a 3 year old.
I practiced on some picture frame glass first.
I scrapped 2 or 3 off the enclosure glass ! But, eventually got all 13 tree trunks done!
The paint is applied in sort of a combination of: dabbed, wiped , brushed , sponged and smeared
The more wacky the paint layers the better!!!
Some places are even partially scraped off and then paint reapplied.

I did it to avoid an interior background so I am able to keep the inside glass clean!

I can just imagine what someone could do if they were artistic.
I would love to see what Autumn or Heather could do.
A solid back painted beautifully- would be really awesome!

Lynn