How to Glaze with Acrylics
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Glazing is a great way to tweak your finished paintings.
Top 4 Glazing Tips:
1. Pre-wet your painting with painting medium.
2. Use a soft brush.
3. Multiple thin glazes are better than one thick one.
4. Transparent paints glaze better than opaque paints.
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Richard Robinson
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Although glazes are usually used to enhance areas, they can also be used to dull down areas. For example - turn a bright blue sky into an evening sky?....use an orange glaze over the blue to slightly darken the blue and desaturate it.
What a gem u are! I never would have thought of that! I only wish my art was as beautiful to begin with! Gorgeous painting! My eyes are so happy!
I've heard of glazing before but this demo really helped me understand the application of the technique. It definitely adds a depth and contrast to the painting. I guess the danger is picking the wrong colour to glaze with. Practice and play music be the answer!
Thank you! I've inherited a lot of random acrylic paints and mediums from Dad when he died. I have never painted in acrylics and am scared of them! So I will take heart and watch some of your videos and see if I can work out how to use them. Today I found some glaze mediums and had no idea. Now I do.
Thank you so much for this demo! As a beginner I’ve been looking for someone to explain this process!
Very informative video, Richard. And, beautiful examples of your work. Just a suggestion: If possible, maybe add a "love it button", for those people who didn't know how to do what you show them and are super glad to learn how to accomplish the techniques. That said, Cheers Mate! Be safe.
George Dalton :-) cheers George.
instablaster...
Done!
I've been painting for years and just bumped in yr video by accident, that is such a great technique, I will be using this from now on. Thanks
Thanks - glad it helped.
Excellent presentation...I'm an oil painter who's finishing his first acrylic painting...
I've been washing a great deal but this glazing technique is a game changer for me...
Loved your painting style❤️
Thanks again, Richard. Always useful information delivered in an understandable, friendly way.
Beautiful. Your paintings, teaching style, advice, eyes.... haha. Thank you Richard.
Great demo, watched a few others but yours shows all the tips, love it thank you.
Nice little demo, Richard! 👍
Great video Kiwi ! many thanks for the help keep those videos coming .
Amazingly useful demonstration. Thanks so much Richard.
Thank you so much! I’m learning a lot faster thanks to people like you. Your artwork is GORGEOUS.
I have always loved using transparent glazes...This came out beautiful. Thanks for the video. Such a nice easy video.
I know the video is 2 years old ive just discovered you. This has solved the mystery about glazing. Thankyou so much. 🙂👍👍
Informative and lovely demonstration!
beautiful.....always love to learn new techniques!!! Thank you!!
So beautiful!!!!
Amazing video, thank you for putting in the time and effort to show us 🙏🏻
What a great tutorial! I think I’ve used way too much medium when I’ve tried to glaze & that’s why it’s never really been very successful. Thank you so much 😊
Why have i never seen this technique before!? Gorgeous, thank you!
Thank you...very clearly + concisely explained.
Loved this demo thanks so much!
Thanks so much, I love our paintings and the technique you taught. What a difference with before and after effect. Aug. 12/21
Thanks for the demo!
Wow this is really cool, thanks for sharing. It's the small tips which make for amazing art.
This was excellent, thanks so much for sharing!
Beautiful! TY so much! New subscriber here from Pennsylvania!😊
Thank u so much for sharing your glazing techniques...it was really really insightful and an amazing tip... i really needed this help with my art works! 🥰♥️♥️👍🏻
Thanks Mr Robinson! Very useful!
Thank you, well demonstrated and explained
Really brightens the sunlight.
Lovely painting too
Great demo, very useful. Really nice paintings too. Many thanks.
Thank you for posting this video. It was exactly what I needed to clear a problem area in my painting.
Excellent, practical, Thank you
This is GREAT!! Thank you
Excellent!!! Thank you!
This was very helpful. Thank you.
I love it 😍
Love your work! Reminds me of impressionism 💖✨
Very helpful thank you!
Thanks. That was really helpful.
Nice!❤️
Just in time to use on a beach scene I’m painting now! Thanks
Excellent!
Your paintings are so beautiful
Wow that’s clever !
This really helped me today, just what I needed, thank you! Your work is beautiful and the difference the glaze makes is striking to me - I would never not do it on pieces like this (:
Great, thank you so much😻
I just discovered ur channel! Thank you.. now I know where I went wrong.. putting a thin coat of the clear 1st 😊
Thank you so much!
loved the cashmere sweater commercial!
Great thank you
Thank you
Thank you so much
Love your instructions and your honesty. This helps me, can I use with abstract art?
THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟 DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME
thank you
Thanks Richard. I have many paintings that need glazing. But always worried about what is the best product to use. Very nice painting to
So helpful, and I love your art. Interestingly, your name is the same as my dad was named. Thank you
Fantastic as usual Richard, well done! Have you done a tut on the painting of the dunes (@10:00). Would love to see the process. Some palette knife used? Blessings, Louis.
Great tutorial, and lovely paintings! Are most of your works this small?
Thanks for the tips...do you cover the rest of the painting with glaze ? Or leave it without?
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I subscribed!
Newbie. Thx for the simplicity of the video. Very useful info. I’m a watercolorist, usually. Think I’ll grab some highly pigmented acrylics. Have you ever tried to use only transparent with a wet brush for an entire painting? Lol.. Get that water color look? Thx.
Thanks! U r generous. How can I push back bright color? A opaque paint & glaze medium?
i wonder.. have you tried with synthetic oil like cleaned and cooked transfat? i also heard they are making the acrylic transparent lack with 12-24 hours dry out time. maybe you can try it too?
Such a helpful video. Can i ask what is the difference in using Glazing Medium and the Gloss and Varnish Medium you used for this. I have both products but it one better than the other? Thanks
Glazing medium has more retarder and leveling agents added to it, this improves working time and helps reduce brushstrokes as they tend to flatten out. The finish, if you are using the correct brush and amount of paint, will yield similar results. If you are working on very large canvasses probably using glazing medium would allow better edge transitions (where you last left off)
Hi , did you Glaze on a oil painting or acrylic painting?
Good video. Have you ever heard of painting in black and white first, and then glazing in colour?
I like to glaze over acrylic with oil colours. Just find theres a tad more pop ! Thanx for the video Richard.
You can make Acrylics pop the same as Oils, you just need to correctly varnish it after it has cured.
Thank you for information. Great paintings. Just wonder: Did you use gloss medium with the colours instead of glazing medium?
Yes that was gloss medium. Works the same as glazing medium.
@@RichardRobinsonStudio Fine. Thank you for answer. :)
great video.thanks. do you prefer acrylics or oils
Painterly Brushes bit of both.
idk if anyone will answer since this was made years ago, but does it have to be a gloss varnish? will a matte one work ok?
just each side or the whole painting and how do you know the right color paint to use....
Wish I’d seen this before I put protective varnish on a couple of my favourite paintings. Is it too late?
Thanks.
Can you roll the canvas after it was glazed? Will it crack?
Do you varnish the whole thing after everything drys with gloss varnish ?
Thank you
May i ask...using a glaze, is it like putting a varnish over the top? Or is it to add/intensify areas of the painting...does it add a sheen? So would it make the area added shiny? Would you need to do the whole painting? Or can u do just a small area?
Is that a gray Mat that you use to blend your paints? What exactly is it and where do I get a large one like that? Thank You! Dawn
It’s a mid grey plastic panel about 4mm thick. It came with my soltek easel but any glass/plastic dealer could make you one to suit. Or simply paint the underside of a glass sheet grey. (Sand the edges smooth).
Hello Richard, we have to glaze with water medium rather than varnish, have you created this as a video. We used charcoal for the drawing.
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did you use those regular gloss varnish?
Have you considered using an actual glazing medium? It’s much smoother.
Loved the color, what did you call that white transparent acrylic sir?
Thanks, that's Gloss Medium Varnish by Atelier.
@@RichardRobinsonStudio Hello Richard, appreciate the demo. I'm surprised that you use this varnish for glazing. Wouldn't you use a gloss medium when glazing and then add the varnish to the whole painting when dry? If you could explain why you use the varnish to glaze, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Daniel Wetzel as far as I know it doesn’t matter. It’s all acrylic which is very flexible and doesn’t have the same cracking problems as oils. For oils I’d use walnut oil or liquin for glazing, and wait a good amount of time before glazing.
@@RichardRobinsonStudio Good to know. Thanks so much for your reply.
@@RichardRobinsonStudio can I use satin varnish for glazing ?
Why not just glaze with thinned with water, what's the disadvantage? And what do you do to finish (varnish) an acrylic painting if one want matt finish?
can i use water instead of medium
I am wondering why you use gloss and not matte medium? When I have used gloss it leaves shiny patches. Do you finish by glazing the whole painting?
Yes I gloss the whole thing afterwards.
When you get a chance give us your brand name of acrylic paint and colors used.
Jace from Ohio
How do i choose the right colour ...is their a rule
Haha no rules in art, he chose those colors because he was trying give atmospheric light of the sunset, more yellow in the center, reddish as the light spreads. You could use (off) white glazes over distant mountains (blue recedes) green over trees shadows (signifying reflected light) even use a single unifying color over an entire painting to tie all areas together.
Why use gloss medium instead of glazing medium
Sorry mr kennedy I forgot what you were talking about :)
I do not see any changed to this at all
Why are the red spots on your paintings so big and way too bright? Spoiling everything… But your glazing tips are not bad.
Fan of your videos but not a fan of the thumbnail for this one.