It takes a while to paint this sort of votives due to the large amount of single "cells" to fill up with a paint and the more colours you use, the longer it takes. I painted the outlines freehand first, in stages, turning the glass round and letting it dry before I moved to another section. Then I filled the squares with a selection of red, orange, pink and yellow glass paint and again, it had to dry in stages. Some squares I painted with a clear medium paint so that the candle light will be a fusion of white natural light and "stained glass" light effects. It does look good in the dark, believe me :)
I put a piece of white paper underneath the votives to show you what colourful shades they create in the sunlight :)