Buzzy Bee - Fused Glass Enamel Art
Buzzy Bee
Create Your Own Double-Sided Fused Glass Enamel Suncatcher
Buzz into creativity with this fun and easy fused glass project! Learn step-by-step how to paint a vibrant double-sided bee suncatcher that shines beautifully in the sun. Perfect for beginners and glass lovers alike—no experience needed, just your imagination and love for bees!
Materials needed
- Safety glasses when cutting your glass
- Respirator or dust mask to be worn when mixing the enamel powder
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Enamel powder colours from Dove / Rogue Enamel
- Sun yellow
- Harvest brown
- Pure white
- Golden brown
- Jet black
- Dove / Rogue 63/601 water friendly medium
- Assortment of brushes good quality soft bristles flat brushes in size 6/8 and round brushes in size 8 and a small liner brush size 00000.
- 1 Cup of water for cleaning brushes.
- Small plastic containers with lids about 5– size is important, if you only want to mix a tiny bit of enamels, then cups with about a 3cm diameter / 1.18 inches
- Teaspoon
- 2 clothes / wipes
- Pocket Digital scale that can measure in double point digits in gram
- Kitchen paper towels
- Round wooden mixing stick
- Paint palette
- Silicone or grill mat that is graded to take heat up to 338F / 170C
- Glass (any COE)
- A lot of drying of each layer of paint is done using this technique and I recommend that you use a food griddle (that will not be used for food again) to dry each step. But drying can be done in your kiln too. I use grill mats to keep my griddle or kiln shelve clean from wet enamel paint.
Customer Reviews
Great tutorial, anyone could create this art.
She is the best instructor for painting on glass. I have taken all her classes she has offered and was not disappointed in any way. She always follows up on questions concerning her tutorials. Thank you so much sharing your talent with me.
As always. Marguerite provides an excellent tutorial with her latest endeavor. Very easy to follow.
I find the bee description very nice and clear. Marguerite has designed another beautiful project, with clear explanation and beautiful photos and videos, where everyone can enjoy. Thank you Marguwrite, that we can enjoy and create again :)
This was a wonderful tutorial. Very reasonable. Very easy to follow. I absolutely love it and highly suggest it
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These online video lessons from Marguerite are presented in a fun and understandable way. Step by step, you'll be able to create beautiful landscapes. Withe Marguerite's explanations, I can confidently say that anyone can do it, even if you can't draw. Highly recommended, like all of Marguerite's video lessons, always surprising with beautiful results. Thank you Marguerite working with Rogue/Dove enamels is a joy with your lessons :)
Marguerite Beneke and Glassemotion Rogue Paints will take your artistic abilities to the next level. Whispers of the Forest is another tutorial that each step is broken down to easily replicate in your studio. Instructions are clear, precise and many examples are given in the videos. Additional printed examples are provided that help the novice replicate the look of trees. Marguerite is very generous with her time and talent hosting a Facebbok page specific to the tutorial and will answer and provide additional commentary as needed. Whispers of the Forest is definitely a must have.
This video is so well done; very comprehensive. The instructor is one of the best I have taken classes from. I highly recommend it.
That's right, I am infatuated with this new pen! Paired with the amazing ink, I am able to expand the limits of lines and details in my work! LOVE
As a fused glass artist, I have been looking for a product like this forever. I invested in Glassline paints and was constantly dissapointed that you had to fire them at a very high temp in order for them to become shiny. I do a lot of tack fused work that I wanted added details. I absoltuely love this pen. It is easy to load, use and I couldn't be happier
These are my go-to enamels. Great quality and great colours. Easy to use.
I like having additional nibs at hand. If I have mishandled a pen and the ink doesn’t flow after repeated attempts, I just change the nib! Works great
I added the zirconium white to the grey to create a silver to paint wedding bells on bullseye white.
Pleased with pen, once I figured it out. The ink leaked from bottle in both mine and friends until we figured out should be stored upright. Like the ease of use.
These are a wonderful addition to this wonderful color palette
