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Saturday, September 2, 2017

Etched Glass Sugar Skull

Hi all,

When I saw this glass skull at Michaels, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.  I wanted to etch it!


I coated the outside of the skull with etchall® etching crème.
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Skull coated with etchall® etching crème

Here is the skull after etching.  It's now ready to paint.  Etching gives the glass a "tooth", a rough surface that makes it easy to paint.



At first, my thought was to paint it with some brown stain to make it look like a very old skull.  I still like that idea.  My second idea was to paint it as a sugar skull with bright, colorful motifs.  That sounded more interesting.

To start, I painted it with white acrylic paint.  The first coat I put on with brush strokes.  Then, I went over it with a soft brush pouncing to cover the brush strokes. 

Here's how it looked at this stage:
I added black paint in the eye sockets, nose and around the teeth.  Then, I added acrylic stickers in bright colors and different shapes and sizes.  It still needed more, so I added some paint dots in bright colors.

Add a few bright flowers like marigolds or zinnias for a bright and festive decoration.
Etched Glass Sugar Skull
This is an easy project that would be fun for all ages, and it's so easy to get started with etchall® etching crème.

The acrylic paint I used to accent the skull is from DecoArt®

3 comments:

  1. Now that is using your imagination!!!! Kudos

    Also,shows how to use etchall as a medium to make it possible to paint/ hold color to glass. Just talking to a lady in Australia about doing this for a glass tile back slash that she does not like the color.

    Thanks for showing this technique.

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  2. Really cool Terry. I liked it at the etched/frosted stage too. But what a great way to prep glass so that you can paint it. Brilliant idea!

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