彩绘玻璃的绘画本质上类似于素描，效果仅为在玻璃上做出明暗效果，色彩其实都由玻璃本身体现。大家可以想象一下西方教堂里的玻璃花窗。人物的面容和衣服纹理等就是通过手绘表现的。

彩釉玻璃是将无机釉料（又称油墨），印刷到玻璃表面，然后经烘干，钢化或热化加工处理，将釉料永久结于玻璃表面而得到一种耐磨，耐酸碱的装饰性玻璃产品。

Color glaze glass is an inorganic glaze (also known as ink), which is printed to the surface of glass, and then dried, tempered or heated to process the glaze on the glass surface to get a wear-resistant, acid and alkali decorative glass product.