Just found this video and agree wholeheartedly with a previous review, that this is one of the best explanations I’ve heard, and I too am a 72 yr old beginner. Very motivating, thank you.
The BEST glazing instructional video I've seen. Everyone else seem to "cut" throughout, giving (a novice like me) the impression that critical steps and transitions are being missed when that's not necessarily the case. Thanks for removing my doubts and making a seamless presentation!
Glad it helped you Rachel and I wish you much fun and the best results!! This method will work for 'simpler' projects such as the one I did or coloring larger areas. If you want to dive deeper into that like what to do when painting your own Mona Lisa there are a couple more steps to look into...especially more layering and such but if you are into oils have a look at my playlists, they are a bit more organized with many more realistic artworks.
Hello, started painting earlier this year, and I couldn't understand the glazing technique, but want to thank you for your demonstration... Now I understand it with this easy explain demonstration of yours... ☺️
@@estellecoetzee4653 Glad it helped :) it is of course only a very simplified demo bit i made it easy to grab on purpose. It took me a while too to wrap key head around from all the way too detailed videos out there :)
@MKLGRMFineArt although it's a simplified demo, but a meaningful demo video... I've watched a few but this one was the best and helped me to understand... Thank you for the time you took with it all... Much appreciated...
What an inspiring demonstration, your instruction was easy to follow, very informative and one of the best I have viewed. As a retired Art teacher I tend to be very discerning when it comes to a lot of the UA-cam so called experts, but your easy to follow demonstration must have encourage many beginners to ‘give it a go’ Well done.
Thank you so much Andrea for your comment. Honestly really much appreciated!! I never saw an expert or something close in myself. I of course wish to be one some day but so far I just try to show as much as I can and to inspire as many as I can with what I do. And now I am even more happy having read your nice words. Really means a lot! Thanks!!
Just getting back into the re-exploration of painting. While I only use acrylic at this time, much of what you taught today is still valid for that medium. Thank you for teaching in a way that is peaceful, concise and full of information. Glad I came across your channel! Keep up the wonderful work!
Thank you so much for your lovely words DeAnn!! And really glad you liked the video!! It works kind of similar with the acrylics when thinning with water or a medium. As a plus....it works quicker as you do not have the drying times :)
Most excellent video--concise and to the point, well-articulated, and you gave us an amazing demonstration. I'm working on some 6"X6" panels right now and I would like to do some glazing.
A nice break from what I've been currently painting and brought back things I painted a long time ago in a slightly different style. It was refreshing and thank you! Well done!
Πολύ χρήσιμο video με αναλυτικές οδηγίες. Δοκιμάζω αυτή την τεχνική σε πορτραίτο δεν έχω τελειώσει ακόμη αλλά έχει ένα ωραίο αποτέλεσμα μέχρι στιγμής. Ευχαριστώ για τις οδηγίες 🥰🥰
THANK YOU! You are the first person that I have found that explains things in a simple and direct way. Can't wait to check out some of your other videos :)
Thank you Laureen ;) It is easiest to check my playlists as stuff is more organized there. A lot abstract but also a bunch of realism paintings and drawings. Feel free to ask me whenever you have questions :)
Oh my goodness, it's like you turned a huge light bulb on in my head. This was a lesson I will always remember. I would love some more video lessons from you if you have the time. This was wonderful! Thank you so much.
littleolerockerchick super happy you liked it and it helped you :)) I do have a realism portrait glazing video coming about that technique. You can also check my playlist section. I have the realism tutorials listed there to make them easier to find. Perhaps there is some more that interests you :))
I started oil painting a bit more then 2 years ago. Glazing has always been one of those things that scared me a little. not anymore after watching your tutorial. great job in explaining
Excellent. I now better understand what glazing is. I like the black and white base with the color glazing on top. Absolutely beautiful painting! Thank you. And I subscribed. Hope to see more easy to understand instruction in your videos.😉
Thank you so much Willam and welcome on board :) My video feed is pretty chaotic with styles and mediums - so it is easiest to find the best fitting videos when you have a look at my playlists. I have the videos a bit more organized there :)
Good explanation, good speed to this video, and a fine lesson all around. Thank you! I especially enjoyed how things took on their final colours and textures during the final two minutes.
I love this technique, and your explanation and the video are perfect, very clear, simple and definitely perfect, I just loved ❤️❤️❤️❤️ please a want to see hundreds of videos like this, more fruits, because of their rich colors, 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you for this video, Michael. I have been searching for a tutorial on glazing as the old masters did and your presentation was perfect! Very pleasant to watch and listen to. One of my favorite artists, Maxfield Parrish apparently painted several layers of glazes to create the vibrant colors he desired.
I couldn’t find your other videos. I have subscribed to your channel. I do paint in layers and it is fascinating. Thanks so much for the clarification on how to do it and colors to use. I would love to see more of your work. Great job and thanks so much for all you do.
if you want to learn art please learn from real artists, professionals, not from this amateur fraud who has no clue about painting. what a shame him publishing his videos.
Dear sir, I am very much impressed with the way you taught us this old masters technique. Earlier I never knew the "value" of black and white layer but with your video, now I do. One question sir, ' As you painted the leaves, do we need to draw veins again and again with a darker green and leave the lighter areas untouched? Or do we need to put yellow, light green and dark green simultaneously? '
Hey Rajni and thanks so much for your lovely message :) There are different approaches that you can go. You can just to the shaddows in the underlayer and paint the details in with the colored paint afterwards. You can also paint the details in the very beginning with the black paint and glaze over it. There are different approaches to each technique and use the one you feel most secure with. This video was meant for those who feel confident in monochromatics - so just using black and white or brown and white or just one color and the white of the canvas - but curious to try full color. Using the entire pallette is hard in the beginning and this is a nice 'in between step' to feel a bit more confident. Nowadays there is no real need to make an underpainting as the masters did as our oil colors work different and they are way less pricy then way back in history. :)
MKL GRM Fine Art. Thanks for your reply sir. I also love to paint in oils and started to paint after a gap of 25 years. Right now every thing amazes me and somtimes makes me little nervous. But with kind replies and answers from artists like you, I am trying to learn once again. Thanks again.
Super video! I've been looking for a technique like this for a large scale piece I'm working on. You make it very easy to understand and do! Thank you so much.
Speed paintings are annoying. I can never understand why artists do this to a demo. It’s unnecessary and the opposite of “showing” since it goes by so bloody fast.
You have taken what appears to be a difficult method and made it obtainable for beginners. A valuable videp lesson indeed. Thank you so much Michael. PS ..your voice is also very pleasant to the ear.
Hmmm, I thought I was looking for a demo of Grisaille but this is what I actually had in mind. I love this technique and have a still life all set up - this is what I'm going to use. Very rich and has a lot of appeal to me for reasons I don't quite understand. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment :) Well the Grisaille is basically the underpainting in monochromatic colors which I assume you know already. Here I wanted to show rather easy way to color a black and white painting helping those transitioning into color. If you have questions, please let me know and I will try to answer them :)
Would love to see video's of the old masters. How they worked, their brushstrokes, glazes, varnishes and how they made their pigments. Also what they painted on and how they treated them before they started painting. Look forward to this and thank you.
not sure if I can keep up with that list BUT I would recommend this channel here. He is great and teaches pretty much what you are looking for :) ua-cam.com/users/DrawMixPaint
This was very helpful and I like your open approach...you may not use this approach after all, but at least you tried it...all part of the education process. Thanks for the excellent narration too.
G. Levine thank you so much for your lovely comment ❤️❤️ i do have a couple more tutorials here as well but most easily available via my playlist section here on UA-cam. There you have them sorted and all at once :)
Now that's the secret for still-life painting! It doesn't really need a lot of paint colors at all! 😱✨ This greatly helped me and I would love to apply it for my project 😆✨ Thanks so much ❤️
glad you liked it!! And yes it does not need many colors. Actually it only needs a blue, red, yellow and white to mix all colors that you need. and glazing is a fun thing ^^
magda markides thank you Magda :) I do have a separate playlist with my realism paintings and drawings if you want to check this one out. I also plan to do more of these glazing demonstrations in the future :)
MKL GRM Fine Art Great!..I'm anxious to start this technique..I was just looking for information about what materials to use and HOW to use them in this technique.I am amateur, I want to show my talent in this too (so far I painted in watercolor and acrylic);)
magda markides don’t be anxious :) I was afraid of oils for so many years and now I love it way way more than painting in acrylics :) it is not that difficult just make sure each layer is dry completely before you glaze over it :) Glazing also works for acrylics if you want to try that there first :) You can do it :)) sure if it!!! 🤗🤗
MKL GRM Fine Art "make sure each layer is dry completely before you glaze over it :)'The very important info.from your video :)..Got it and keep it ! :) .I m afraid of oil too ,hahaha! ..I chose to experiment in acrylic and then switch to oil painting. It's difficult with mistakes in oil....so from now on I choose you as my teacher. I never had one.
magda markides welcome to my channel then 😅😅 and of course feel free to ask anything. Honestly oils is easier than acrylics :) especially when it comes to blending and the working time along with the opacity of oils. I really really love painting with them AND nothing will stop you in making your underpainting in acrylics and make the final layers in oils :)) Here is the tutorial playlist for my other realism stuff ua-cam.com/play/PLz9Uk7TW2lvEaz5XVSE3YYcLPXNucT9ri.html
Thankyou so much for this ! I struggle very much with oil paint and realise now, why ! I so want to capture the depth in my work ...and overwork in colours and it is never as I wish. I am going to try liquid and be patient with drying times! Perhaps have two on the go ... Thankyou ! You explained this so clearly . Rosie
Glad the video was of some help Rosie!! it is one my oldest though ;) Glazing in fact is a great way to increase deapth in certain areas and also to correct values and tones in general. I am by far no master in it but hoped this video is kind of an easy approach to the entire topic :)
MKL GRM Fine Art I have had such a great day painting today ! Yesterday I did a tonal underpainting using Liquin , ( it’s of an egg in a turquoise tin bowl ) today I applied a thin ( ish)! Layer of transparent colour. And , it’s looking good 😊👍🏻 tomorrow I will continue . Is there away of sending a photo ?? Rosie 😊
Wayne & Rosie Sharman well if you have Instagram you can text me there. Or on Facebook but i am not there much often :) instsgram is quicker. All my social media links are in the video description:)
Wow! I think you really made this look loke the old master's style yet you made it seem easy enough that I would like to try this method. I also love how you sped up the video and voiced over the explanation of steps. Thank you for sharing this! I look forward to watching more of your videos.:)
deejo 2 glad you liked it and even better that you got inspired :) I have a lot of abstracts also on my channel but if you are into the realism artwork it is easiest go to my playlist section, I have bundled them there :)
thanks fernando :) well feel free to watch more videos ;) I do have put them into playlists to make it easier as I have a good load of acrylic pouring lately :)
Thanks for this lesson in Glazing. I would like to know just how many layers of glazing can one apply? Is there a limit? The underpainting you demonstrated here is known as a Grissaille. Like many artists today, I have never used this approach myself either, but it is certainly a good method to adopt as shown by you. I generally apply paint in layers straight from the tube with very little mixing of colours on the pallet. Any colour mixing is done directly on the canvas. I then use a glaze over the whole canvas allowing to dry before adding the next layer of paint. I repeat this process until completion, after which, I add a couple of layers of glaze over the whole canvas to finish. I do not know if this approach to painting in oils is correct according to rules because I am largely self taught.
Paul Abel hi Paul and thanks for your comment. Sorry for my late reply. I tried not to touch my phone as often over the Xmas days :) This video was intended for those wanting to transition to color and are afraid using it directly. I personally do not use the grisaille underpainting myself and directly work with colored paint but I thought it always was kind of valuable knowing the methods used in the last. At least a very simplified version of it. Basically you can add as many glazes as you want as long as you follow the far over lean rule...which makes things tricky with too many layers as the umbers for example dry quicker than a titanium white or cad reds do for example. This is pigment based...so I usually do not go too crazy with layering and end up with a base layer and 1 or 2 detail layers in the end. My paint layers also are very thin so I do not expect any cracking to happen as they dry quickly even without having any medium like liquid used. In the Final steps i use a damar varnish or the gamvar varnish to seal everything :)
Paul Abel I am also Self thought so I too do not know everything. 2 oil painting channels I loved watching is „draw mix paint“ and „Kevin hill“ who is more like a Young version of Bob Ross but both are nice to watch and Drawmixpaint gives great advise...
Just enjoyed your video & will be taking a look at the others. Been looking for ways to add depth to paintings I've done in the past, improve them as I learn more. I appreciate what you are doing.
my pleasure and thanks for leaving me a comment Michael. Most of times it is a question of having the darks dark enough. When I look at my earlier paintings it almost every time was the case...I was happy with the result but it would have been much more realistic when I were brave enough to add more darks :D
And I quite agree with your finishing rematks - I also find it interesting to know different techniques even if I am not sure that I will use it for my own art work. I will be happy to see more of what you find out of the old Masters techniques
Ever since I wanted to try myself on the Mona Lisa. Although she is not my most favorite artwork she is somewhat iconic and a challange I guess :) I do have a playlist with my realism paintings and drawings on my channel if you like to watch these :)
thank you so much!!! Planning to do one on a more complex painting...Will make a video about it the next weeks and upload it in steps to follow along for each step.
Thank you! This morning I watched your presentation. It was truly remarkable. Your insight and wisdom helped me understand the layering techniques like no other. I would like to watch the one on the old masters.
Desiree Cromwell-Kraft thank you so much for your lovely comment Desiree ❤️❤️ very much appreciated :)) I plan to make a glazing tutorial as well for a realism portrait for those wanting to try that :) if you still have any questions unanswered about the glazing just let me know :))
Hey Gary, well you can apply this technique also for acrylic paints. Just thin the glazing paint with more water or an acrylic medium and go ahead. You can also make the underpainting with acrylics and glaze with oil colors if you like to do that. Never glaze with acrylics over oil though ;) The glazing also works when you have a charcoal or graphite drawing and glaze over with pastels. I also made an experiment video about that technique :)
thanks so much!! I do have some more realism works on my channel. You can find them best when you head over to my playlist section as things are more organized there ^^
Thank you very much for this! It's always been hard for me to determine the values of each color in whatever medium I am using. This technique is really helpful for me!
same here. If you like to see some more realism tutorials of mine you can head over to my playlist section and find them there. Judging the values works best when working on a toned canvas. I usually make a print of the original photo and make little color tests on the print to get as close to the color I need. One of the best oil painting teachers is the 'drawmixpaint' channel. I really like his way of teaching :)
liquin kind of breaks the rule of fat over lean but it for sure depends on how thick your layers are. I paint pretty thinly - especially when it comes to portraits. on impasto I would make sure the upper layers are fatter. The liquin itself makes the paint film more stable and durable as well but no clue if that still would be risky to crack when used for thick paint layers. I never had issues so far but..again...thin layers...
So I've had trouble understanding what people meant by 'glazing' in oils and this video helped clarify it so much! So it is just really another technique of painting an oil painting?
Ababy it is a technique One can use to create depth or to change colors and such. Of course you can also build up your entire painting by only glazing layer over layer. I usually use it to tint colors or when I need some refined things like smoke or frozen water or such to create some depth in them. Bottom line it is something an oil painter should know to be able to use it, when needed :))
Very useful explanation of the technique. It sounds a less uptight, complicated and scary this way. I was wondering one thing: Is it a problem to use a mix of linseed oil and turpentine instead of liquin? Do you know how their effects may differ? I have never tried liquin (or any pre-mixed medium for that matter).
Hey Tamara, sorry for my late reply. there only was so little time the last days. You can of course use linseed oil or turpentine tu dilute the colors. The advantage of liquin is just its fast-drying character and viscosity. It makes your paint layer dry in up to one day which helps a lot especially in glazing. When you use linseed oil you will get a similar optical effect but have quite a long drying time, before you can add another layer of glaze. Turpentine is not that ideal I would think as this just dilutes the paint and reduces its strength as a paint film. So the pigments might lift off the painting, once you glaze over it again. Especially if the next glaze layer also is turpentine heavy. I cannot tell for sure as I never used it that way but physics-wise I would think this might happen.
@@MKLGRMFineArt Hi, Thank you for your reply :) Good to know turpentine and linseed oil are also okay. I'll experiment a bit with the amount of turpentine in the mix put will make sure to use at least 50% oil in the glazes. Thanks again!
@@MKLGRMFineArt So cool you're checking in :D Like you predicted i indeed had some difficulty working with the turpentine, but when i was very careful i managed to work with it. With one of my two experiments i also painted the underpainting way too rough. To hide that i had to use glazes that were more opaque than i would like. Other than than the two portraits turned out very nicely. I had never seen the effect in real life so it blew me away a little :) It was definitely worth the large amount of time i put in so I'll definitely use it in the future when the painting calls for it. All in all i learned a lot so the experient succeeded regardless of the result :)
Ahhh!!! Thank you!! This makes it so much more understandable. I feel like I could actually learn and do this. Thank you for breaking it down so clearly and thoroughly.
My pleasure. This all made also so little sense to me in the beginning and once I figured it out I decided to make this rather simple and by far not complete video for those starting as well. Glazing pretty quickly can sound scientific and here I think covered the very basics:)
I was given some water mixable paints for Christmas & enjoyed your demonstration. Would this method work for portraiture & did you do a video about this? Thanks in advance.
I have not yet done a glazing video for a portrait. I use the technique for portraits to shift colors and to increase contrast in certain areas, yes. It also works for water soluable oil colors but they are a bit tricky to use and behave differently then regular oil paints. I tried using them once and messed up. I found them way harder to work with and they did not behave like I was used to with oils only. Fingers crossed you have more luck with them :) The technique itself is what it is - no matter what subject or person you paint. It required some practice to get a feeling for it though :)
Thanks for your reply. I can't use regular oil paints because of not having a sense of smell, so I thought using the WM ones would be a solution. I discovered my problem with chemical odours after using alcohol inks & not realising I was breathing in fumes. Maybe I'd better stick to watercolour or acrylics. I just love the look of oil paintings & this demo of yours was great.
well when it comes to fumes the watercolors might be the best solution or why not start with colored pencils. Those take much longer but overall has the least fumes. Acrylics also produce chemical fumes and the water soluable oil colors also kind of smell the same as regular acrylics. At least the ones do that I had. Oils do smell a bit but when u have plain oil colors they only smell like linseed oil which is not toxic. There are oil colors with added substances mixed into them to increase viscosity or drying time - these produce a different set of fumes which I do not like either. Mine are plain linseed oil and the pigment which works okay for me. I still put them away in another room to let them dry :)
That was a great introduction, thank you! I'd very much like to learn more. I did my first glaze yesterday with my art teacher, and it worked!!! Fabulous! Henry Bedingfeld (UK)
Henry Bedingfeld hey Henry :)) first of all: congratulations :) glad that worked for you :) I plan to make another one on a portrait painting this summer going more into details. In the meantime I can recommend a channel called draw mix paint. Just type it in UA-cam and you find him. He is a very instructive channel but he does that very well and clearly structured :) he covers a lot of topics about oil colors and painting in general :)
This was a great demonstration on glazing. I have always wanted to try this technique to allow the values to really "pop" through on the piece. Great job.
Beautifully done!🎨 I usually paint in acrylics, there IS a glazing fluid by Liquitex that is better to use than water to thin and glaze with. TOO much water breaks down the paint and can cause flaking later. 😊
I thought so :)) thanks for standing this out :) But I really have a hard time in painting with acrylics when it comes to smooth transitions like with oils...Guess it is a question of taste and preferences :)
MKL GRM Fine Art 😁Your painting is beautiful, I hope to one day paint more with oils and your video helped me alot! 🎨There is also slow dri glazing liquid that can be added to acrylics, it gives a longer drying time, I love blending and glazing!
I think I will love the oils always more when it comes to realism. I use acrylics every now and then for the base layer but final details are easier with oils. I was scared of them for ages and when I finally started using them I liked them so much more. Except for the smell ;)
The Best is yet to come God is awesome agreed. Birds are too sensitive to the fumes but with enough training one can get the same effects with acrylics...I am just not patient enough 😅😅
thank you!! currently working on a step by step painting guide where I cover a bunch of questions I usually get. Glazing will also be a part of it. Will be a series of videos coming in the next weeks here. :)
excellent video. you explained in a way that an amateur painter like me can understand. I hope to see more videos. Do you do only glazing or use other methods? Thank you for sharing.
Hey Marina, glad you liked it and I honestly never expected so many people to see it. It was among the first ones that I uploaded and about 3 months ago it had 300 views or less...It was meant as a fun video as I received many questions about realism and that people are afraid of using colors (not only in oils) and this was a good was to tell a somewhat 'in between' solution to get a feeling for colors and still do not need to fear them. I also do 'regular' paintings with colors directly. I do have my videos split into playlists so if you like have a look at those. Recently much is acrylic pouring but if there is a topic you want to know more about just let me know. Will be happy to make a video about it :)
thanks for your prompt answer. I tried to see more of your videos as MKL GRM Fine art but I cant find you. I only paint in oil so I would like to see anything related. Thank you again for sharing,
Very well demonstrated and explained. Two things: I would find it helpful if I could see the original still life set-up ( or photo) that you used as a reference. And could you say something about the transparency or opacity of the colors used when glazing and how that effects the process?
thanks for your feedback :) It was one of my very first videos so there was still some things to improve. Acrually I cannot even tell anymore if there was a reference photo or if I painted it from imagination... When it comes to the opacity...it vary that depending what I need at the current time. If it is more for fine-tweaking you can use more layers with a thinner mix and in the first layers I most of times let the paint more on the opaque side...
Not really hours but depending on the amount (thickness) of your paint layer and liquin/paint Ratio I would say the next day when u work in thin layers
Hi. I’m new to painting and really appreciate watching very helpful videos like this one. It’s certainly a technique I will try for myself. I did find parts of it slightly hard to follow due to your accent so it might be better to speak slightly slower. Just saying. I think you have some really good skills and explain the “hows and whys” really good. Thanks a lot!
this was one of my early videos and among the first ones I voiced...I was freaked out by it and edited myself into pieces ^^ I cut out so many pauses that I might have madae it overall to quick...later videos became better and more confident ^^ but if there was anything you did not get, let me know. Would be glad to help out where I can :) You can also find more realism tutorials in my playlists if you like.
Thank you!! I have just uploaded a new video planning a step by step group project on painting...if you like...join in or follow along the videos once they are uploaded :)
I loved this video. I’m new to oil painting. I have one question. I’ve heard that it’s important to add more “fat” to each layer we apply. Can we use the medium you used in this particular video in place of linseed oil???
well it is 2 different mediums. Liquin makes the oil paints dry quicker, linseed oil makes them dry slower as the oil needs time to react with the oxigen. I usually stick to liquin. The fat over lean rule comes from drying times.If you have a less oils layer placed over a layer with more oil, the upper layer will dry quicker and might cause cracking, when the below layer finally dries. this is more important if you paint in thicker layers.
thank you so much, this is a great demo. I've been wanting to learn glazing because I heard you can get a lot more depth. After watching this I think I may be ready to try it, on a small piece anyway :)
Zoe Robinson yes it works really well :) it of course also works if you go right into color without an underpainting layer. Glazing just tints the color and/or increases depth :) let me know how it worked for you and show me the result in fb or insta 😘
not so much. I rarely...very rarely do landscapes...But it would work just the same. Thinking of it it might be much easier on landscapes than on portrait paitings.
Charles Bell and by the way...my realism tutorials are bundled in a separate playlist via the playlist tab on my channel :) that makes it easier to find :)
working on it...I think I will ask the community to send me some photos and I pick one of them....Recently worked on so many commissions which would have worked perfectly but was not allowed to use them as a YT video...which I can understand....so I need to make an official one for the channel :)
Thank you for this wonderful video. The painting is beautiful. I paint in acrylics using a similar method and would be interested in seeing the complete master's technique you mentioned in the video. Is it available yet?
Robyn Wright I wished I had...it still is on my to do list and I really want to make that happen. I did upload a couple realism portraits done in oils or CP if you want to watch those. They are best to be found in my playlist section :)
Wow, this is beautiful. Kind of a combination between oil and watercolor. I really like the look of transparent paint and I plan to experiment with this technique. One question for you - Is there a certain black and white you would recommend for the value underpainting? Does the black need to lean opaque or transparent? Thanks again! Very instructive.
Yasmin Raza thank you Yasmin and glad you liked it. It was my goal to make something simple to follow and motivating to try. I also felt that there are too many too complex ones out there it some nice ones without any sound. I once came across a cool demonstration but it was a pain watching 1.5 hrs live painting without any spoken word...thanks for watching 😘😘
Finally... dude searched Youtune forever for anyone explaining what glazing is used for! Everybody just jumps on the second layer not explaining the reason at all. Much appreciate the upload!
Zangana thanks for your lovely comment ❤️ glad it helped :) this is only the light version but it sums up the idea behind it. Btw you can if course glaze over color layers just the same way so there is no need for a black and white underpainting :)
I have some more oil painting videos. Easiest to find via my playlist section. I am doing videos ongoing on different topics but time is running a but thin currently and as painting takes longer than pouring does...things are going slow...
dany Brassard hey Dany :) thanks for watching!! Yes if you glace the colors you need to wait until each layer is dry. Otherwise you smudge the colors and you quickly get muddy tones. If you use a medium like liquin drying goes pretty quickly when you make light layers. If you thin you paints with paint thinner only you need to be super careful as this does not create a strong surface when it is dry. So you risk lifting up pigments when you apply the next layer. You can also dry brush the layers by just using tiny amounts of paint in a „dry brush“ and apply it like makeup. It needs a bit training though. I will send you a link where I used the dry brushing for final touches...
Not so much-. Gamsol is the paint thinner from Gamblin and Gamlin...no idea what that is. I know that Gamblin also has its medium similar to the liquin but don't know how they call it. Gamblin products are not that easily obtainable here in Germany therefore I went for the liquin.
@@MKLGRMFineArt ...I think the Gamblin equivalent of Liquin is called Galkyd or Galkyd Lite. Some people like to mix in a bit of mineral spirits ( solvent ). Galkyd dries a little faster than Liquin and perhaps is glossier...so a slight abrasion of the dried glazed surface would help the second layer adhere better.
Why not :) I have a couple oil painting tutorials up there so just give it a try. I hesitated for years and now I love painting in oils. Currently working on 5 realism commissions as well :)
I used to have to make my own canvasses as they were so expensive even in the 1980s when I was a teen. We used to make a frame and then go and buy sail remnants from yachts! Then staple them on, then stretch it then prime it. Phew, but saved a fortune. It used to work out about £3 to £10 a canvas instead of the £100s they used to cost. For huge ones I mean. Anyway I always thank artists for sharing. Thanks for that, and love the colours and effect in your work.
Thanks so much for watching and sharing this insight. How awesome to read this and I love that you told me that!!! I never tried making a canvas myself but I know from a friend how much hard work it is...I am kind of happy that canvases turned so much cheaper now and are so easily available :)
@@MKLGRMFineArt Hey no problems honey enjoyed the video and thanks for your insights too. I've used PVA glue with acrylics to create stained glass paint. I did some huge windows every year for a library. Do you have a website? I do if you want to have a look. It needs updating desperately but life takes over. www.artandstuff.weebly.com I've had it about ten years for free. Yes they are cheaper but if you get a big commission it's still a cheaper way to go. I love PVA glue used it as a water based varnish before now too! Have a nose at my work and I would love to see yours
I do have a website but it also needs updates and it is German only so this might be the reason why I cannot keep it that updated as most of my viewers don't speak german ;DD
Your glazing teaching is great. Here I have a questions: Your glazing method is start from the very beginning. But I saw other people who just apply transparent layer of medium+a bit of paint over the finished surface of the work. Is that "glazing"?
James Z yes that is the glazing. The first part is just painting black and white. I did use paint thinner for it to have it dried quicker as you need each layer to be completely dry before you glaze over it. For some people painting in black and white is less scary than jumping into colored paints right away. This was the main reason why I wanted to show this step as this makes a sweet transition between b/w and color :)
yes you can also use the linseed oil, the only difference is the drying time. paint thinned with the oil will take a couple of days to dry and with the liquin it works pretty quickly :) - and I am impatient :)
Here are a few thoughts that might help someone. In oil painting, thinners or alkyds mediums like liquid should never exceed 30% of the mixture. Even 25% is a lot. Adding oil or oil and liquin is stronger, less prone to cracking and depending on the type of linseed oil, less prone to yellowing. To maintain the strength in a painting that’s more long lasting than a little exercise, the correct method for oil glazing through the centuries has always been to use transparent or semi-transparent paints in lieu of more thinners. Some good examples include Viridiana, permanent Alizarin Crimson, transparent yellow oxide, lake blue, transparent red oxide, and a semitransparent white, such as Cremnitz white (a lead pigmented paint) or another semitransparent white. This gives you more freedom to explore details in the under painting, as well as finesse color in the glazing. Glazing was also used in layers by the masters, to combine colors as they dried and were layered over each other, creating a greater visual depth than paint can do applied in a single application. The same layered approach is how skilled watercolorists often create better depth in their painting. When creating the under painting, using larger and smaller brushes, as well as thinner paint when needed, you can create more detail to achieve a more refined final look, if that is the style you are looking to achieve. It takes great patience to be an oil painter!
You have beautifully demonstrated the use of glazing in oils. Thank you so much. I am a 74 year old beginner.
It is never too late to start a new journey 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@@MKLGRMFineArt never too late as you obviously mean.
Just found this video and agree wholeheartedly with a previous review, that this is one of the best explanations I’ve heard, and I too am a 72 yr old beginner. Very motivating, thank you.
The BEST glazing instructional video I've seen. Everyone else seem to "cut" throughout, giving (a novice like me) the impression that critical steps and transitions are being missed when that's not necessarily the case. Thanks for removing my doubts and making a seamless presentation!
Glad it helped you Rachel and I wish you much fun and the best results!! This method will work for 'simpler' projects such as the one I did or coloring larger areas. If you want to dive deeper into that like what to do when painting your own Mona Lisa there are a couple more steps to look into...especially more layering and such but if you are into oils have a look at my playlists, they are a bit more organized with many more realistic artworks.
Hello, started painting earlier this year, and I couldn't understand the glazing technique, but want to thank you for your demonstration... Now I understand it with this easy explain demonstration of yours... ☺️
Even the underpainting of blocking out I do understand beter and can see the difference in die black and white instead of colour underpainting...
@@estellecoetzee4653 Glad it helped :) it is of course only a very simplified demo bit i made it easy to grab on purpose. It took me a while too to wrap key head around from all the way too detailed videos out there :)
@MKLGRMFineArt although it's a simplified demo, but a meaningful demo video... I've watched a few but this one was the best and helped me to understand... Thank you for the time you took with it all... Much appreciated...
@ made my day!! 🥲🥲🥹 thank you 🥰🥰🥰
What an inspiring demonstration, your instruction was easy to follow, very informative and one of the best I have viewed. As a retired Art teacher I tend to be very discerning when it comes to a lot of the UA-cam so called experts, but your easy to follow demonstration must have encourage many beginners to ‘give it a go’ Well done.
Thank you so much Andrea for your comment. Honestly really much appreciated!! I never saw an expert or something close in myself. I of course wish to be one some day but so far I just try to show as much as I can and to inspire as many as I can with what I do. And now I am even more happy having read your nice words. Really means a lot! Thanks!!
Just getting back into the re-exploration of painting. While I only use acrylic at this time, much of what you taught today is still valid for that medium. Thank you for teaching in a way that is peaceful, concise and full of information. Glad I came across your channel! Keep up the wonderful work!
Thank you so much for your lovely words DeAnn!! And really glad you liked the video!! It works kind of similar with the acrylics when thinning with water or a medium. As a plus....it works quicker as you do not have the drying times :)
Most excellent video--concise and to the point, well-articulated, and you gave us an amazing demonstration. I'm working on some 6"X6" panels right now and I would like to do some glazing.
A nice break from what I've been currently painting and brought back things I painted a long time ago in a slightly different style. It was refreshing and thank you! Well done!
Lilia Webb thank you for leaving a lovely comment Lilia ❤️❤️
I love the rich look of this method. It makes for such luscious paintings. Wonderful!
thank you for watching Brenda :))
Wow! I leave in Iran and l am learning painting on UA-cam. But this was the first time i understand using liquid in glazing. Thank you 🙏
Yay glad it helped you :)) 🥰
Πολύ χρήσιμο video με αναλυτικές οδηγίες. Δοκιμάζω αυτή την τεχνική σε πορτραίτο δεν έχω τελειώσει ακόμη αλλά έχει ένα ωραίο αποτέλεσμα μέχρι στιγμής. Ευχαριστώ για τις οδηγίες 🥰🥰
Thank you so much for this video. I love how you spend the time on the first layer getting the values just right.
THANK YOU! You are the first person that I have found that explains things in a simple and direct way. Can't wait to check out some of your other videos :)
Thank you Laureen ;) It is easiest to check my playlists as stuff is more organized there. A lot abstract but also a bunch of realism paintings and drawings. Feel free to ask me whenever you have questions :)
Oh my goodness, it's like you turned a huge light bulb on in my head. This was a lesson I will always remember. I would love some more video lessons from you if you have the time. This was wonderful! Thank you so much.
littleolerockerchick super happy you liked it and it helped you :)) I do have a realism portrait glazing video coming about that technique. You can also check my playlist section. I have the realism tutorials listed there to make them easier to find. Perhaps there is some more that interests you :))
Thank you for your kind response. I will surely look for those. Warm regards to you and yours :-)
I started oil painting a bit more then 2 years ago. Glazing has always been one of those things that scared me a little. not anymore after watching your tutorial. great job in explaining
aawwww that was so sweet!!! thank you so much! Means a lot to me to hear!!!
This was a wonderful demo and technique. I will be trying this for sure. What a great teacher you are. Thank you!
thank you so much :))
Excellent. I now better understand what glazing is. I like the black and white base with the color glazing on top. Absolutely beautiful painting! Thank you. And I subscribed. Hope to see more easy to understand instruction in your videos.😉
Thank you so much Willam and welcome on board :)
My video feed is pretty chaotic with styles and mediums - so it is easiest to find the best fitting videos when you have a look at my playlists. I have the videos a bit more organized there :)
Good explanation, good speed to this video, and a fine lesson all around. Thank you! I especially enjoyed how things took on their final colours and textures during the final two minutes.
thank you so much :) It really is a fun technique and is pretty easy to control.
I love this technique, and your explanation and the video are perfect, very clear, simple and definitely perfect, I just loved ❤️❤️❤️❤️ please a want to see hundreds of videos like this, more fruits, because of their rich colors, 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you for this video, Michael. I have been searching for a tutorial on glazing as the old masters did and your presentation was perfect! Very pleasant to watch and listen to. One of my favorite artists, Maxfield Parrish apparently painted several layers of glazes to create the vibrant colors he desired.
Glad you liked the video :) And yes it is a very fun and satisfying technique for sure :))
Thank you. It was very well presented. The painting looked marvellous.
I couldn’t find your other videos. I have subscribed to your channel. I do paint in layers and it is fascinating. Thanks so much for the clarification on how to do it and colors to use. I would love to see more of your work. Great job and thanks so much for all you do.
Crisalida Thomassie here is one of the realism playlists
ua-cam.com/play/PLz9Uk7TW2lvFxyYbGsJzQClsKsdWHoLdM.html
if you want to learn art please learn from real artists, professionals, not from this amateur fraud who has no clue about painting. what a shame him publishing his videos.
Dear sir, I am very much impressed with the way you taught us this old masters technique. Earlier I never knew the "value" of black and white layer but with your video, now I do. One question sir, ' As you painted the leaves, do we need to draw veins again and again with a darker green and leave the lighter areas untouched? Or do we need to put yellow, light green and dark green simultaneously? '
Hey Rajni and thanks so much for your lovely message :)
There are different approaches that you can go. You can just to the shaddows in the underlayer and paint the details in with the colored paint afterwards. You can also paint the details in the very beginning with the black paint and glaze over it. There are different approaches to each technique and use the one you feel most secure with.
This video was meant for those who feel confident in monochromatics - so just using black and white or brown and white or just one color and the white of the canvas - but curious to try full color. Using the entire pallette is hard in the beginning and this is a nice 'in between step' to feel a bit more confident.
Nowadays there is no real need to make an underpainting as the masters did as our oil colors work different and they are way less pricy then way back in history. :)
MKL GRM Fine Art. Thanks for your reply sir. I also love to paint in oils and started to paint after a gap of 25 years. Right now every thing amazes me and somtimes makes me little nervous. But with kind replies and answers from artists like you, I am trying to learn once again. Thanks again.
Super video! I've been looking for a technique like this for a large scale piece I'm working on. You make it very easy to understand and do! Thank you so much.
Speed paintings are annoying. I can never understand why artists do this to a demo. It’s unnecessary and the opposite of “showing” since it goes by so bloody fast.
You have taken what appears to be a difficult method and made it obtainable for beginners. A valuable videp lesson indeed. Thank you so much Michael. PS
..your voice is also very pleasant to the ear.
Hehe thank you so so much and even more appreciated. I never expected this video to be that loved and often watched
I couldn't have said it better. Thanks for the lesson, I learned a lot.
@@MKLGRMFineArt It’s been ruined by the speed. It’s too fast to really follow it.
@@angelwings7930 you can usw the Slow down Function in youtube to let the video run slower
Hmmm, I thought I was looking for a demo of Grisaille but this is what I actually had in mind. I love this technique and have a still life all set up - this is what I'm going to use. Very rich and has a lot of appeal to me for reasons I don't quite understand. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment :) Well the Grisaille is basically the underpainting in monochromatic colors which I assume you know already. Here I wanted to show rather easy way to color a black and white painting helping those transitioning into color. If you have questions, please let me know and I will try to answer them :)
Would love to see video's of the old masters. How they worked, their brushstrokes, glazes, varnishes and how they made their pigments. Also what they painted on and how they treated them before they started painting. Look forward to this and thank you.
not sure if I can keep up with that list BUT I would recommend this channel here. He is great and teaches pretty much what you are looking for :)
ua-cam.com/users/DrawMixPaint
@@MKLGRMFineArt Ok thankyou. I have just started watching DrawMixPaint on you tube, a few weeks ago. I will delve further into his channel.
This was very helpful and I like your open approach...you may not use this approach after all, but at least you tried it...all part of the education process. Thanks for the excellent narration too.
G. Levine thank you so much for your lovely comment ❤️❤️ i do have a couple more tutorials here as well but most easily available via my playlist section here on UA-cam. There you have them sorted and all at once :)
Thank you for providing an explanation and demo of color glazing. It was easy to follow and made more clear with the time lapse demo.
Terry Farber thank you Terry :)))
Now that's the secret for still-life painting! It doesn't really need a lot of paint colors at all! 😱✨ This greatly helped me and I would love to apply it for my project 😆✨ Thanks so much ❤️
glad you liked it!! And yes it does not need many colors. Actually it only needs a blue, red, yellow and white to mix all colors that you need. and glazing is a fun thing ^^
Thank you very much for this demo...easy to understand the technique...waiting for more.Good job!..Keep doing it!
magda markides thank you Magda :) I do have a separate playlist with my realism paintings and drawings if you want to check this one out. I also plan to do more of these glazing demonstrations in the future :)
MKL GRM Fine Art Great!..I'm anxious to start this technique..I was just looking for information about what materials to use and HOW to use them in this technique.I am amateur, I want to show my talent in this too (so far I painted in watercolor and acrylic);)
magda markides don’t be anxious :) I was afraid of oils for so many years and now I love it way way more than painting in acrylics :) it is not that difficult just make sure each layer is dry completely before you glaze over it :)
Glazing also works for acrylics if you want to try that there first :)
You can do it :)) sure if it!!! 🤗🤗
MKL GRM Fine Art "make sure each layer is dry completely before you glaze over it :)'The very important info.from your video :)..Got it and keep it ! :) .I m afraid of oil too ,hahaha! ..I chose to experiment in acrylic and then switch to oil painting. It's difficult with mistakes in oil....so from now on I choose you as my teacher. I never had one.
magda markides welcome to my channel then 😅😅 and of course feel free to ask anything. Honestly oils is easier than acrylics :) especially when it comes to blending and the working time along with the opacity of oils. I really really love painting with them AND nothing will stop you in making your underpainting in acrylics and make the final layers in oils :))
Here is the tutorial playlist for my other realism stuff
ua-cam.com/play/PLz9Uk7TW2lvEaz5XVSE3YYcLPXNucT9ri.html
Thankyou so much for this ! I struggle very much with oil paint and realise now, why ! I so want to capture the depth in my work ...and overwork in colours and it is never as I wish. I am going to try liquid and be patient with drying times! Perhaps have two on the go ... Thankyou ! You explained this so clearly . Rosie
Glad the video was of some help Rosie!! it is one my oldest though ;) Glazing in fact is a great way to increase deapth in certain areas and also to correct values and tones in general. I am by far no master in it but hoped this video is kind of an easy approach to the entire topic :)
MKL GRM Fine Art I have had such a great day painting today ! Yesterday I did a tonal underpainting using Liquin , ( it’s of an egg in a turquoise tin bowl ) today I applied a thin ( ish)! Layer of transparent colour. And , it’s looking good 😊👍🏻 tomorrow I will continue . Is there away of sending a photo ?? Rosie 😊
Wayne & Rosie Sharman well if you have Instagram you can text me there. Or on Facebook but i am not there much often :) instsgram is quicker. All my social media links are in the video description:)
that was one of the clearest explanations on you tube that I've heard , thank you
Thank you :))
Very simple and straight away video.. each and every sentence can be notable!!
Thankyou🙏🙏
Wow! I think you really made this look loke the old master's style yet you made it seem easy enough that I would like to try this method. I also love how you sped up the video and voiced over the explanation of steps. Thank you for sharing this! I look forward to watching more of your videos.:)
deejo 2 glad you liked it and even better that you got inspired :) I have a lot of abstracts also on my channel but if you are into the realism artwork it is easiest go to my playlist section, I have bundled them there :)
LOVED THIS PRESENTATION.IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND GLAZING IN AN EASIER WAY.WANT TO SEE MORE OF YOU.THANKS A MILLION!!!!!!!!!
thanks fernando :) well feel free to watch more videos ;) I do have put them into playlists to make it easier as I have a good load of acrylic pouring lately :)
Thanks for this lesson in Glazing. I would like to know just how many layers of glazing can one apply? Is there a limit? The underpainting you demonstrated here is known as a Grissaille. Like many artists today, I have never used this approach myself either, but it is certainly a good method to adopt as shown by you. I generally apply paint in layers straight from the tube with very little mixing of colours on the pallet. Any colour mixing is done directly on the canvas. I then use a glaze over the whole canvas allowing to dry before adding the next layer of paint. I repeat this process until completion, after which, I add a couple of layers of glaze over the whole canvas to finish. I do not know if this approach to painting in oils is correct according to rules because I am largely self taught.
Paul Abel hi Paul and thanks for your comment. Sorry for my late reply. I tried not to touch my phone as often over the Xmas days :)
This video was intended for those wanting to transition to color and are afraid using it directly. I personally do not use the grisaille underpainting myself and directly work with colored paint but I thought it always was kind of valuable knowing the methods used in the last. At least a very simplified version of it.
Basically you can add as many glazes as you want as long as you follow the far over lean rule...which makes things tricky with too many layers as the umbers for example dry quicker than a titanium white or cad reds do for example. This is pigment based...so I usually do not go too crazy with layering and end up with a base layer and 1 or 2 detail layers in the end. My paint layers also are very thin so I do not expect any cracking to happen as they dry quickly even without having any medium like liquid used. In the Final steps i use a damar varnish or the gamvar varnish to seal everything :)
Paul Abel I am also Self thought so I too do not know everything.
2 oil painting channels I loved watching is „draw mix paint“ and „Kevin hill“ who is more like a Young version of Bob Ross but both are nice to watch and Drawmixpaint gives great advise...
MKL GRM Fine Art : thank you for your response to my question it is very helpful and I really liked your demo. I will listen to it again soon.
MKL GRM Fine Art : 👍👍
Excellent tutorial...I would love to see more of the old Master techniques!
Just enjoyed your video & will be taking a look at the others. Been looking for ways to add depth to paintings I've done in the past, improve them as I learn more. I appreciate what you are doing.
my pleasure and thanks for leaving me a comment Michael. Most of times it is a question of having the darks dark enough. When I look at my earlier paintings it almost every time was the case...I was happy with the result but it would have been much more realistic when I were brave enough to add more darks :D
And I quite agree with your finishing rematks - I also find it interesting to know different techniques even if I am not sure that I will use it for my own art work. I will be happy to see more of what you find out of the old Masters techniques
Ever since I wanted to try myself on the Mona Lisa. Although she is not my most favorite artwork she is somewhat iconic and a challange I guess :) I do have a playlist with my realism paintings and drawings on my channel if you like to watch these :)
@@MKLGRMFineArt
Dry good explanation and demonstration! I will be doing this study! ❤
Good one. I’d love to see your old master techniques!
This was the best glazing tutorial I have seen!! Thank you very much!
thank you so much!!! Planning to do one on a more complex painting...Will make a video about it the next weeks and upload it in steps to follow along for each step.
Finally, a clear and no nonsense video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching it:))
That was very helpful & well explained. I would love to see longer videos about this technique. Great job! Ty🎨
thanks!! I will put it on my list....It actually is on my to do list for quite some time but I will put it more towards the top ^^
Yes really the best glazing video..!, thank you ! And happy painting.
Very clear explanation and demonstration of this technique - very informative and easy to follow. Very fine tutorial
Thank you so much Lis :)))
Thank you! This morning I watched your presentation. It was truly remarkable. Your insight and wisdom helped me understand the layering techniques like no other. I would like to watch the one on the old masters.
Desiree Cromwell-Kraft thank you so much for your lovely comment Desiree ❤️❤️ very much appreciated :)) I plan to make a glazing tutorial as well for a realism portrait for those wanting to try that :) if you still have any questions unanswered about the glazing just let me know :))
Thank you for sharing this video of glazing love it and thought well unerdstood this method 👏 as I never used oils paint before
Wow, I really love this technique. What would it be like if you used other colors as the under painting?
Hey Gary, well you can apply this technique also for acrylic paints. Just thin the glazing paint with more water or an acrylic medium and go ahead. You can also make the underpainting with acrylics and glaze with oil colors if you like to do that. Never glaze with acrylics over oil though ;)
The glazing also works when you have a charcoal or graphite drawing and glaze over with pastels. I also made an experiment video about that technique :)
Fantastic job! I’d love to see more examples. Especially portraits and landscapes. Thank you for doing this video.
thanks so much!! I do have some more realism works on my channel. You can find them best when you head over to my playlist section as things are more organized there ^^
Thank you very much for this! It's always been hard for me to determine the values of each color in whatever medium I am using. This technique is really helpful for me!
same here. If you like to see some more realism tutorials of mine you can head over to my playlist section and find them there. Judging the values works best when working on a toned canvas. I usually make a print of the original photo and make little color tests on the print to get as close to the color I need.
One of the best oil painting teachers is the 'drawmixpaint' channel. I really like his way of teaching :)
Do you add more liquin for each layer or less? I am thinking of the the fat over lean rule. Very nice painting, got me really inspired
liquin kind of breaks the rule of fat over lean but it for sure depends on how thick your layers are. I paint pretty thinly - especially when it comes to portraits. on impasto I would make sure the upper layers are fatter. The liquin itself makes the paint film more stable and durable as well but no clue if that still would be risky to crack when used for thick paint layers. I never had issues so far but..again...thin layers...
Really enjoyed your video and would love to see more of this technique.
So I've had trouble understanding what people meant by 'glazing' in oils and this video helped clarify it so much! So it is just really another technique of painting an oil painting?
Ababy it is a technique One can use to create depth or to change colors and such. Of course you can also build up your entire painting by only glazing layer over layer. I usually use it to tint colors or when I need some refined things like smoke or frozen water or such to create some depth in them. Bottom line it is something an oil painter should know to be able to use it, when needed :))
Ababy Same works when you paint with acrylics of course. It is the same idea there :)
You are great.. amazing..and yet humble.. by the manner you speak..
Very useful explanation of the technique. It sounds a less uptight, complicated and scary this way. I was wondering one thing: Is it a problem to use a mix of linseed oil and turpentine instead of liquin? Do you know how their effects may differ? I have never tried liquin (or any pre-mixed medium for that matter).
Hey Tamara, sorry for my late reply. there only was so little time the last days. You can of course use linseed oil or turpentine tu dilute the colors. The advantage of liquin is just its fast-drying character and viscosity. It makes your paint layer dry in up to one day which helps a lot especially in glazing. When you use linseed oil you will get a similar optical effect but have quite a long drying time, before you can add another layer of glaze. Turpentine is not that ideal I would think as this just dilutes the paint and reduces its strength as a paint film. So the pigments might lift off the painting, once you glaze over it again. Especially if the next glaze layer also is turpentine heavy. I cannot tell for sure as I never used it that way but physics-wise I would think this might happen.
@@MKLGRMFineArt Hi, Thank you for your reply :) Good to know turpentine and linseed oil are also okay. I'll experiment a bit with the amount of turpentine in the mix put will make sure to use at least 50% oil in the glazes. Thanks again!
how did your experiments work out? :)
@@MKLGRMFineArt So cool you're checking in :D Like you predicted i indeed had some difficulty working with the turpentine, but when i was very careful i managed to work with it. With one of my two experiments i also painted the underpainting way too rough. To hide that i had to use glazes that were more opaque than i would like. Other than than the two portraits turned out very nicely. I had never seen the effect in real life so it blew me away a little :) It was definitely worth the large amount of time i put in so I'll definitely use it in the future when the painting calls for it. All in all i learned a lot so the experient succeeded regardless of the result :)
Ahhh!!! Thank you!! This makes it so much more understandable. I feel like I could actually learn and do this. Thank you for breaking it down so clearly and thoroughly.
My pleasure. This all made also so little sense to me in the beginning and once I figured it out I decided to make this rather simple and by far not complete video for those starting as well. Glazing pretty quickly can sound scientific and here I think covered the very basics:)
I referenced this for my students and they found it extremely helpful. Thank you for the great resource.
aawwww thank you sooo much!!!! Very much appreciated!!!!
Amazing,absolutely amazing. Just what I have been searching for. Thank you so much for a wonderful presentation,and,incredible detail.
thank you so much for your lovely message and feedback
I was given some water mixable paints for Christmas & enjoyed your demonstration. Would this method work for portraiture & did you do a video about this? Thanks in advance.
I have not yet done a glazing video for a portrait. I use the technique for portraits to shift colors and to increase contrast in certain areas, yes. It also works for water soluable oil colors but they are a bit tricky to use and behave differently then regular oil paints. I tried using them once and messed up. I found them way harder to work with and they did not behave like I was used to with oils only. Fingers crossed you have more luck with them :)
The technique itself is what it is - no matter what subject or person you paint. It required some practice to get a feeling for it though :)
Thanks for your reply. I can't use regular oil paints because of not having a sense of smell, so I thought using the WM ones would be a solution. I discovered my problem with chemical odours after using alcohol inks & not realising I was breathing in fumes. Maybe I'd better stick to watercolour or acrylics. I just love the look of oil paintings & this demo of yours was great.
well when it comes to fumes the watercolors might be the best solution or why not start with colored pencils. Those take much longer but overall has the least fumes. Acrylics also produce chemical fumes and the water soluable oil colors also kind of smell the same as regular acrylics. At least the ones do that I had.
Oils do smell a bit but when u have plain oil colors they only smell like linseed oil which is not toxic. There are oil colors with added substances mixed into them to increase viscosity or drying time - these produce a different set of fumes which I do not like either. Mine are plain linseed oil and the pigment which works okay for me. I still put them away in another room to let them dry :)
So beautiful. Looks real. Thanks for sharing tutorial
I love this technique and it works wonders to adding dimension to a painting in acrylic. Thank you.
Thank you Laura :)))
That was a great introduction, thank you! I'd very much like to learn more. I did my first glaze yesterday with my art teacher, and it worked!!! Fabulous! Henry Bedingfeld (UK)
Henry Bedingfeld hey Henry :)) first of all: congratulations :) glad that worked for you :) I plan to make another one on a portrait painting this summer going more into details. In the meantime I can recommend a channel called draw mix paint. Just type it in UA-cam and you find him. He is a very instructive channel but he does that very well and clearly structured :) he covers a lot of topics about oil colors and painting in general :)
This was a great demonstration on glazing. I have always wanted to try this technique to allow the values to really "pop" through on the piece. Great job.
Thanks so much Jeff and give it a try!! I wished I knew this when I stepped into colors...this would have made my life easier back then :D
Beautifully done!🎨 I usually paint in acrylics, there IS a glazing fluid by Liquitex that is better to use than water to thin and glaze with. TOO much water breaks down the paint and can cause flaking later. 😊
I thought so :)) thanks for standing this out :) But I really have a hard time in painting with acrylics when it comes to smooth transitions like with oils...Guess it is a question of taste and preferences :)
MKL GRM Fine Art 😁Your painting is beautiful, I hope to one day paint more with oils and your video helped me alot! 🎨There is also slow dri glazing liquid that can be added to acrylics, it gives a longer drying time, I love blending and glazing!
I think I will love the oils always more when it comes to realism. I use acrylics every now and then for the base layer but final details are easier with oils. I was scared of them for ages and when I finally started using them I liked them so much more. Except for the smell ;)
MKL GRM Fine Art 😁Yes...the smell is WHY I can't do them now, I live in a SMALL place with a bird and dog, they shouldnt smell it!🎨Happy painting!🎨🌻😊
The Best is yet to come God is awesome agreed. Birds are too sensitive to the fumes but with enough training one can get the same effects with acrylics...I am just not patient enough 😅😅
As always, masterfully done, Michael, and easy to understand. Thank you
glad you liked this little demo :) it is one of my very first videos ^^
A wonderful tutorial, very well explained and shown visually.
thank you!! currently working on a step by step painting guide where I cover a bunch of questions I usually get. Glazing will also be a part of it. Will be a series of videos coming in the next weeks here. :)
excellent video. you explained in a way that an amateur painter like me can understand. I hope to see more videos. Do you do only glazing or use other methods? Thank you for sharing.
Hey Marina, glad you liked it and I honestly never expected so many people to see it. It was among the first ones that I uploaded and about 3 months ago it had 300 views or less...It was meant as a fun video as I received many questions about realism and that people are afraid of using colors (not only in oils) and this was a good was to tell a somewhat 'in between' solution to get a feeling for colors and still do not need to fear them.
I also do 'regular' paintings with colors directly. I do have my videos split into playlists so if you like have a look at those. Recently much is acrylic pouring but if there is a topic you want to know more about just let me know. Will be happy to make a video about it :)
thanks for your prompt answer. I tried to see more of your videos as MKL GRM Fine art but I cant find you. I only paint in oil so I would like to see anything related. Thank you again for sharing,
Here is my tutorial playlist. You should find some oils in there as well.
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Yes! I LOVE the look of glazing and hope to learn more. Thanks so much for teaching us!
glad you liked the video, it actually is one from my very first that I made ;D
Very well demonstrated and explained.
Two things:
I would find it helpful if I could see the original still life set-up ( or photo) that you used as a reference.
And could you say something about the transparency or opacity of the colors used when glazing and how that effects the process?
thanks for your feedback :) It was one of my very first videos so there was still some things to improve. Acrually I cannot even tell anymore if there was a reference photo or if I painted it from imagination...
When it comes to the opacity...it vary that depending what I need at the current time. If it is more for fine-tweaking you can use more layers with a thinner mix and in the first layers I most of times let the paint more on the opaque side...
Thank you for the complete demonstration. Does Liquin really dry paint in a matter of hours?
Not really hours but depending on the amount (thickness) of your paint layer and liquin/paint Ratio I would say the next day when u work in thin layers
@@MKLGRMFineArt Thank you.
Thank you. I will be using this method on portraits, unless you already have a video out showing how to do this for a portrait?
R R not yet in detail. I want to make one for ages but ... so much stuff zu make 😅 it is on my to do list though.
I have you on my subscribe list and will keep an eye out for ya.
thanks for that
Hi. I’m new to painting and really appreciate watching very helpful videos like this one. It’s certainly a technique I will try for myself. I did find parts of it slightly hard to follow due to your accent so it might be better to speak slightly slower. Just saying. I think you have some really good skills and explain the “hows and whys” really good. Thanks a lot!
this was one of my early videos and among the first ones I voiced...I was freaked out by it and edited myself into pieces ^^ I cut out so many pauses that I might have madae it overall to quick...later videos became better and more confident ^^ but if there was anything you did not get, let me know. Would be glad to help out where I can :) You can also find more realism tutorials in my playlists if you like.
MKL GRM Fine Art That’s good to know. I will look for those!
Yes I really want to see more on this set of techniques! I'm so curious about trying it and would love to see more.
I have planned more realism and tutorials this year so stay tuned for them :) Already having a couple projects in the making.
@@MKLGRMFineArt Awesome, thank you!
Nice voice, lovely atmosphere....interesting working with colors + good explanaitions ! I really enjoy it !!!!!
Thank you so much and that was exactly what I hoped to achieve...besides inspiring preopl trying it our for themselves :)))
You have a wonderful, kind voice, and you are concise. Thanks!
thank you Jacquie
Great job showing glazes and the old masters technique ! Thanks
Just what I was looking for,thank you so much.I am doing a portrait at the moment,and will now go ahead with confidence. ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you!! I have just uploaded a new video planning a step by step group project on painting...if you like...join in or follow along the videos once they are uploaded :)
I loved this video. I’m new to oil painting. I have one question. I’ve heard that it’s important to add more “fat” to each layer we apply. Can we use the medium you used in this particular video in place of linseed oil???
well it is 2 different mediums. Liquin makes the oil paints dry quicker, linseed oil makes them dry slower as the oil needs time to react with the oxigen. I usually stick to liquin. The fat over lean rule comes from drying times.If you have a less oils layer placed over a layer with more oil, the upper layer will dry quicker and might cause cracking, when the below layer finally dries. this is more important if you paint in thicker layers.
thank you so much, this is a great demo. I've been wanting to learn glazing because I heard you can get a lot more depth. After watching this I think I may be ready to try it, on a small piece anyway :)
Zoe Robinson yes it works really well :) it of course also works if you go right into color without an underpainting layer. Glazing just tints the color and/or increases depth :) let me know how it worked for you and show me the result in fb or insta 😘
Thanks for sharing and advising. Have you used the same technique for landscapes?
not so much. I rarely...very rarely do landscapes...But it would work just the same. Thinking of it it might be much easier on landscapes than on portrait paitings.
Wonderful teaching, you really have a great way for explaining the technique,looking forward to more training.!
Thank you so much Charles!! Very much appreciated :)))
Charles Bell and by the way...my realism tutorials are bundled in a separate playlist via the playlist tab on my channel :) that makes it easier to find :)
Would love to see a demo of glazing in portraits. Many thanks!
working on it...I think I will ask the community to send me some photos and I pick one of them....Recently worked on so many commissions which would have worked perfectly but was not allowed to use them as a YT video...which I can understand....so I need to make an official one for the channel :)
@@MKLGRMFineArt Thank you. Will look for it.
Your tutering is so GREAT . thanx for your generosity...
thank you!!! glad it was of some use for you :)
Thank you for this wonderful video. The painting is beautiful. I paint in acrylics using a similar method and would be interested in seeing the complete master's technique you mentioned in the video. Is it available yet?
Robyn Wright I wished I had...it still is on my to do list and I really want to make that happen. I did upload a couple realism portraits done in oils or CP if you want to watch those. They are best to be found in my playlist section :)
Wow, this is beautiful. Kind of a combination between oil and watercolor. I really like the look of transparent paint and I plan to experiment with this technique. One question for you - Is there a certain black and white you would recommend for the value underpainting? Does the black need to lean opaque or transparent? Thanks again! Very instructive.
Thank you so much :) i did not use anything special. Just a Titanium white and a mars black that i had :))
Than you for a easy explanation of this technique as so may experts made it so complex I will be trying this out.
Yasmin Raza thank you Yasmin and glad you liked it. It was my goal to make something simple to follow and motivating to try. I also felt that there are too many too complex ones out there it some nice ones without any sound. I once came across a cool demonstration but it was a pain watching 1.5 hrs live painting without any spoken word...thanks for watching 😘😘
Glad the video helped you George :) If you have any open questions that I did not cover in the video - just let me know. Happy to help :)
Finally... dude searched Youtune forever for anyone explaining what glazing is used for! Everybody just jumps on the second layer not explaining the reason at all.
Much appreciate the upload!
Zangana thanks for your lovely comment ❤️ glad it helped :) this is only the light version but it sums up the idea behind it. Btw you can if course glaze over color layers just the same way so there is no need for a black and white underpainting :)
@@MKLGRMFineArt I am starting to learn color theories. This is a good way to start from regarding values.
Yes. I’d like more demonstrations of this technique, especially on portraits
Thanks for the demonstration. I find it very interesting. I hope to see more demos and thank you for sharing!
marujita411 thank you for watching :)))
I just looked for more of your videos pertaining to oil painting I wasn’t able to find any. Will you be doing more?
I have some more oil painting videos. Easiest to find via my playlist section. I am doing videos ongoing on different topics but time is running a but thin currently and as painting takes longer than pouring does...things are going slow...
Hello to you, super well explain, I would like to know if you apply your colors after drying? Thank you!
dany Brassard hey Dany :) thanks for watching!! Yes if you glace the colors you need to wait until each layer is dry. Otherwise you smudge the colors and you quickly get muddy tones. If you use a medium like liquin drying goes pretty quickly when you make light layers. If you thin you paints with paint thinner only you need to be super careful as this does not create a strong surface when it is dry. So you risk lifting up pigments when you apply the next layer. You can also dry brush the layers by just using tiny amounts of paint in a „dry brush“ and apply it like makeup. It needs a bit training though. I will send you a link where I used the dry brushing for final touches...
dany Brassard here we go...it is more at the end when the pencil work is mostly done...
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Thank you , found it useful, is liquin similar to Gamsol from Gamlin?
Not so much-. Gamsol is the paint thinner from Gamblin and Gamlin...no idea what that is. I know that Gamblin also has its medium similar to the liquin but don't know how they call it. Gamblin products are not that easily obtainable here in Germany therefore I went for the liquin.
@@MKLGRMFineArt ...I think the Gamblin equivalent of Liquin is called Galkyd or Galkyd Lite.
Some people like to mix in a bit of mineral spirits ( solvent ).
Galkyd dries a little faster than Liquin and perhaps is glossier...so a slight abrasion of the dried glazed surface would help the second layer adhere better.
Very interesting. I will keep this video in my favorites file. Thanks Michael for the lesson
glad you liked it :)
Sir: your instructional process is so clear for easy comprehension! I consider you a very capable and talented artist! Thank you very much!
Jimmie Sutton thank you very much Jimmie and I am glad you liked the video :) let me know if you have any questions :)
You make me want to try oil painting now, Michael! Great video and very informative. ❤
Why not :) I have a couple oil painting tutorials up there so just give it a try. I hesitated for years and now I love painting in oils. Currently working on 5 realism commissions as well :)
I used to have to make my own canvasses as they were so expensive even in the 1980s when I was a teen. We used to make a frame and then go and buy sail remnants from yachts! Then staple them on, then stretch it then prime it. Phew, but saved a fortune. It used to work out about £3 to £10 a canvas instead of the £100s they used to cost. For huge ones I mean. Anyway I always thank artists for sharing. Thanks for that, and love the colours and effect in your work.
Thanks so much for watching and sharing this insight. How awesome to read this and I love that you told me that!!! I never tried making a canvas myself but I know from a friend how much hard work it is...I am kind of happy that canvases turned so much cheaper now and are so easily available :)
@@MKLGRMFineArt Hey no problems honey enjoyed the video and thanks for your insights too. I've used PVA glue with acrylics to create stained glass paint. I did some huge windows every year for a library. Do you have a website? I do if you want to have a look. It needs updating desperately but life takes over. www.artandstuff.weebly.com I've had it about ten years for free. Yes they are cheaper but if you get a big commission it's still a cheaper way to go. I love PVA glue used it as a water based varnish before now too! Have a nose at my work and I would love to see yours
I do have a website but it also needs updates and it is German only so this might be the reason why I cannot keep it that updated as most of my viewers don't speak german ;DD
Your glazing teaching is great. Here I have a questions: Your glazing method is start from the very beginning. But I saw other people who just apply transparent layer of medium+a bit of paint over the finished surface of the work. Is that "glazing"?
James Z yes that is the glazing. The first part is just painting black and white. I did use paint thinner for it to have it dried quicker as you need each layer to be completely dry before you glaze over it. For some people painting in black and white is less scary than jumping into colored paints right away. This was the main reason why I wanted to show this step as this makes a sweet transition between b/w and color :)
Is it possible to achieve similar glaze effect with linseed oil if I don’t get liquin( or however that is spelled 🙈) ?
yes you can also use the linseed oil, the only difference is the drying time. paint thinned with the oil will take a couple of days to dry and with the liquin it works pretty quickly :) - and I am impatient :)
Here are a few thoughts that might help someone.
In oil painting, thinners or alkyds mediums like liquid should never exceed 30% of the mixture. Even 25% is a lot. Adding oil or oil and liquin is stronger, less prone to cracking and depending on the type of linseed oil, less prone to yellowing.
To maintain the strength in a painting that’s more long lasting than a little exercise, the correct method for oil glazing through the centuries has always been to use transparent or semi-transparent paints in lieu of more thinners. Some good examples include Viridiana, permanent Alizarin Crimson, transparent yellow oxide, lake blue, transparent red oxide, and a semitransparent white, such as Cremnitz white (a lead pigmented paint) or another semitransparent white. This gives you more freedom to explore details in the under painting, as well as finesse color in the glazing.
Glazing was also used in layers by the masters, to combine colors as they dried and were layered over each other, creating a greater visual depth than paint can do applied in a single application. The same layered approach is how skilled watercolorists often create better depth in their painting.
When creating the under painting, using larger and smaller brushes, as well as thinner paint when needed, you can create more detail to achieve a more refined final look, if that is the style you are looking to achieve.
It takes great patience to be an oil painter!
@@maritdwthank you!