Frosted Sliding Glass Doors

by Marjorie O'Meara

4 Materials

I wanted my sliding glass doors leading into my artist studio to allow light in and give me privacy.

The Outline

I sketched the picture I wanted to paint with multi-purpose paint very lightly on the inside of the door. All the painting must be done on the inside.Painting

Painting

I filled in my sketch of the painting with two coats of the paint remembering I was doing reverse painting. I then outlined my painting with 2 coats of black licorice multi purpose paint and let paint dry one day.

Adding the extra little touches

Made sure I had enough emphasis on the peacock and the flowers and corrected any little errors I might have made by scraping off the paint and painting over in those areas. This is the time to make sure the painting is the way you want it. At this point the paint easily scrapes off with a tiny scraper or even your fingernail.

Frosting

When all corrections were made and the painting was completely dry, I mixed a little gold glitter paint in with Matte Mod Podge and brushed it over the entire doors with a 1-1/2 " brush using a criss cross pattern. I let this dry 2 hours and applied another coat, let it dry 2 hour and decided I needed a little more privacy and applied the 3rd coat.

Finished Frosted Glass Sliding Glass Doors

I then enjoyed my beautiful doors which offered me the light and privacy I desired for less than $15 in materials.

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Folk Art Multi-Surface Paint (small bottles) (Walmart)
Mod Podge ad Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Glitter Paint (Michael's)
1-1/2 regular painters brush (Walmart)
Note: You can use the multi-surface glitter paint at Walmart if you like but I wanted something ext