How to paint stained glass

From the foundations, through to shading, and on to transforming your glass with glorious silver stain … it’s all here.

Hello – we’re David Williams and Stephen Byrne:

David Williams (left) and Stephen Byrne

Our studio is called Williams & Byrne.

We design and paint stained glass for large projects like a set of 16 skylights of which you see 6 here:

6 stained glass skylights from set of 16

We also teach.

Students fly to our studio from across the world:

From Peru, the USA, South Africa, Canada, Norway, Japan, and New Zealand.

Also from Germany, Italy, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Holland, Taiwan, France and Kuwait.

And if you can’t come here to where we are in England, it’s not a problem:

with the Internet, you can still learn.

Here’s how:

  1. Download this free ebook on how to hold your tools and brushes
  2. Watch short demos here
  3. Learn with us online

“Best of all for me is how fast and how patiently you get back to me via email and resolve my problems! You don’t treat any question as a dumb question but are dedicated to solving my problem while I learn more from the experience” (Louise N.)


We’re here to help you learn the skills you want.

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