Many potential hobbyists see stained glass panels and think it would be wonderful to make pieces of art in glass and color. But creating these stained glass windows can be expensive as well as dangerous. This is a turn off to many who consider taking up the hobby. Authentic stained glass panels require lots of specialized tools, a fairly large workspace, and working with exposed glass edges. All of these are enough to discourage all but the hardiest of artisans. If the cost does not get them the potential fir injury does.

But for those who want to work with color and glass without the hassle, there is faux stained glass. Those who make these stained glass panels in the faux style instead of using leaded pieces of pieces of colored glass follow many of the same steps but with a solid sheet of glass. A pattern is used on the glass but instead of creating each piece out of that opalescent glass, paint is used to create the design on the clear sheet.

While the time required for a project takes almost as long as it does with leaded glass, depending on the pattern, the learning curve is not nearly as steep though to get started making beautiful panels. For those looking for a relaxing hobby that gives them the ability of having plenty of artistic expression faux stained glass panels may be just what they are looking for.