Painting done

Had a great day finishing painting the oak leaves and acorns. Their outlines, shading and highlights were already painted in a rich black on the face of each piece, I now had to add the colour. I decided to use low firing semi transparent enamels and to paint them on the reverse. These fuse with the glass at about 550 Celsius to a matt finish, which when looked at with light reflecting off it looks a bit flat and insipid; but viewed from the other side with the light passing through has deep lustre and beautiful colours. It also adds depth to the image and is almost three dimensional.