Glasspainting skills used to be closely guarded secrets taught only to long-serving apprentices. Debora Coombs shares her skills joyfully without restraint. Stained glass enthusiasts in more than 28 countries around the world watch her videos,  download her free Notes for Students, and paint with propylene glycol. Her techniques are simple and easily taught. In the midst of a glasspainting demo in 2019 one student said   “I just learned more in 5 minutes that I did in 3 years of trying to figure it out on my own!”.

Debora will make a rare appearance in 2022 to teach her proprietary techniques for mixing, thinning and applying glasspaint with propylene glycol. This non-toxic medium allows an endless variety of mark-making and textural effects, including handwriting, printing, and creating textures like stone, wood, fur and fabric. During the first 15 minutes of this workshop students will learn how to sign their name with a dip-pen.  Then how to fine-tune density and viscosity, to manipulate glasspaints while wet, and create expressive or precise tracelines. You can read this or watch this  to learn more about Debora’s techniques.