Indirect Painting: The Glaze
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Glazing is the process of applying a thin layer of transparent paint over a more opaque layer. This allows preliminary layers of color or value to influence the top, most visible layer.
In its essences, a glaze is achieved by adding a higher ratio of medium to pigment. Naturally by increasing the amount of medium, the paint becomes more transparent and its viscosity more fluid. Chelsea Classical Studio’s Fat Medium is perfect for using with this painting method along with a small amount of dryer, such as Winsor & Newton's, Liquin, allowing thin layers to dry within 24 hours.
By working in layers the pigments react in a unique manner--they appear physically combined but are optically mixed. This preserves intensity of hues, opposite of what traditional subtractive color mixing, as on the palette where saturation is lost the more a color is combined with another, creating muted or even muddy tones.
Allowing the grisaille to establish value, the end result is a luminous glow that seems to come from within the painting.
The best explanation of this technique I’ve ever heard …. Wish my art professors would have had you as a guest speaker‼️
Thank you Cyndi! It’s a great technique! I’m currently taking a break but have a bunch more videos coming soon!
I taught myself this method following intense research and precious little was obtained here in America. Most of my sources were European and Russian. Been painting in this method for almost 30 years now and would never return to Direct painting after mastering Indirect Painting. I currently teach and lecture on this method and I've yet to encounter another artist who prefers Direct painting after learning Indirect Painting.
You are an excellent teacher!
Thank you! I’m really hoping to get back to making more videos this year.
Great tutorial covering exactly what indirect painting is as well as glazing is and how to do it. How many glazes did you paint on the pepper?
Sir to understand u use different colors for various objects in the painting when you glaze
Yes. Typically I am thinking ahead as to how I want the appearance to be. It’s similar to playing chess, you need to plan ahead. If you can image painting a honey crisp apple, typically I would start with my yellows and slowly shift to oranges and reds throughout the layers. Letting each layer dry between- building highlights as I go.