I am so happy that I found you doing this video. I have been struggling with fur and glazing. You are an excellent artist and do gorgeous paintings. I will follow you now. Thank you so much Veronica 🥰
I love your works, you are so knowledgable. I loved this video about glazing, except no one has shown the pallet so we can see how much water you are adding. How do you know when it's enough water? Does it matter what brush you use? Thank you for sharing with us and good luck on your painting journey. You have found what God intended you do.
I am so glad I found your page! I am learning so much from these videos. I have been doing pet portraits for about a year and your techniques are teaching me a whole new dimension!
I am very happy to have found your fur tutorials! I knew nothing about glazing so that and the eye highlight were most helpful. I am super excited to practice your techniques! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video about glazing. I found it immensely informative and am grateful you did not do it in fast forward motion. One cannot learn anything from those types. I would be interested in a video about painting a realistic cat if you could. You are a wonderful teacher. Patient and very well spoken. Thanks again. David
I loved seeing the glazing process! It became very 3-dimentional right before my eyes! It would have been helpful to see the white layer of fur that the glazing was applied to being painted. Maybe you have a video showing that step that I just have not seen yet. I'll spend some time searching for that.
Brilliant. Simple, easy to follow, great results. I never understood what a “Glaze” was, it terrified me, until I watched your video, it’s quite simple but very effective.
Great video. Not sure if you've already done a "fixing bad paintings" video (i.e., like fixing a painting with a bunch of beginner mistakes) but I'd be interested in a video like that.
I’ve been having trouble painting a hare too so I can’t wait to see if I can correct what I have done-it looks like a very bedraggled cartoon so far! 😂
Wow, thank you so much for this video! I wouldn't think twice about doing this technique in my digital paintings but for some reason never considered doing it with acrylics. I am so happy I found your videos. 🙂
This is so helpful thanks a ton for sharing the entire process. It would certainly help if you can share a video of where you are actually using a reference photo to paint the fur. Just a small patch of fur will do
I have not painted for 30 years but now trying to do a small 2 dog portrate..im just making a mess of it..from old brushes falling apart mid stroke to looking like a cartoon not realish..im not sure i can do this..but you have given me hope..used your tips and got a few to work with my hand..looks easy when you do it. Thank you for the fur videos...if it starts looking better i may get new art supplys.
Hi Studio Wildlife Really enjoy your tutorials. You explain it so well. Thank you for sharing ur knowledge with everyone. I was wondering if you could make a video on how to create and match values against reference photo. Would be helpful for beginners. Thanks and stay safe!
Make the photo black and white so that it's easier to identify the different values. A color photo can be too confusing to distinguish values easily. That's a tip I've learned from many artists. I usually change the photo to black and white on my laptop or phone, print a copy on regular, bright white printer paper, and refer to it as I paint. I hope this helps.
Thank you for all your tutorials! So very helpful! Question, to do glazing do you only paint in shades of gray to white? Then add the colored glaze? What happens if the fur is in shades of beige? Can you still glaze with another shade?😊
I'm glad to see you use this technique. I look up before about thinning acrylics like this but alot of articles said to thin it to much would mean it wouldn't stick and would cause the paint to come off in the subsequent layers. So thank you so much. Amanda from France
It *may* cause problems in the future a few years down the line due to the binder being compromised depending on how much water he used. Using a glazing medium would ensure the binder is not compromised, it’s not expensive, and if you are spending many hours on a piece it’s good to know it will stand the test of time.
@@Kyomiibrown true. I will certainly do this from now on. What ratio do you use when doing a really thin fine cush please. I am so happy you have already answered. Thank you
@@lovelyjubbly4151 I usually roughly mix in equal parts - 1/3 glazing medium, 1/3 water and 1/3 paint - depending. For a really thin glaze I would go 50:50 glazing medium/water and add the paint bit by bit. You can use matt or gloss medium if you don’t have glazing medium. Glazing medium is glossy so really brings out the undertones.
Thank-you for doing this video, I think glazes will help my fur a lot. I wonder, is it only transparent colors that a person can glaze with? Would it work with color mixes with white in them?
I want to add to my previous comment. I want to do pet portraits. Mostly dogs and perhaps horses. Could you do a video on these when you have some time. I will look forward to it. I love the manor in which you speak. Taking time to fully explain what you are accomplishing. Thank you Veronica 🥰
Thank you so much, glad you are finding the videos helpful. I have a video on painting dogs and another on painting a horse already on my channel. But I will be sure to make some more in the future😁
Excellent video. I would just like to say that you should thin your acrylic with a reducer, otherwise the paint will start chipping over time. Water doesn't replace the binder needed to hold the pigment together.
I wished this to be addressed as well. I watched a video from a paint manufacturer about the max ratio of water to paint before it becomes unstable, longevity-wise. I don't remember what it was, but it was certainly less than 40%, so watering your paint down a lot is out of the question. I use either matte gel medium or gloss gel medium to thin my paint, but there are retarders or extenders which also give the advantage of a longer blending time, where as the gel medium doesn't keep it wet for any greater length of time than the actual paint. You can also use a floating medium to dilute acrylic paints, but only in small amounts as you would water, as I believe there is not the added binders of the gel mediums. I usually add some of both, as I like the glaze to spread easily over the previous layers. Gel medium plus a small amount of floating medium does the trick, without the need for water.
I would love to see the paint mixed on the palette - you say to use a lot of water, but what does that actually look like? I haven't tried this yet but plan to soon!
You can use oil paint over the top of dry acrylics. But you cannot use acrylic paint over oil paints or mix wet acrylic paint with oil paint Because of the different ways in which the two paints dry.
Too much water does effect the binder and the paint starts to bead on the surface of the canvas. But I just use water and adjust it gradually until it is the right consistency. I really need to do a video showing the consistency of the paint I am using. An alternative is airbrush fluid which can be used for thinning the paint whilst still containing a binding medium which prevents the beading effect.
Hello and many thanks to you. Gonna watch all your videos now, just need some time:) You are a brilliant artist. Could you tell me please, how do you decide which colour you take for the first layer, then second etc, when painting from a reference photo? Best regards
I usually just choose the darkest colour first and then work my way up to the lighter colours. If colours need adjusting or I end up going too light in places I’ll adjust everything with some glazing layers at the end
So if I wanted to do a white tiger would I use only the blue and white and black or should I be using tha burnt umber and yellow too?? I want it to be a white tiger like ur bottom fur
A question for you my friend. If after you put down your base colors and before you glaze the painting, can you put down a layer of acrylic varnish to seal the underneath and then paint the glaze over top?
I notice that the paints used for glazing in this video are all rather opaque pigments. Why not use something like Transparent Red Oxide, instead of using the Burnt Sienna? Transparent pigments with high staining power would be great for this sort of work because they preserve the contrast much better, in particular ensuring that the dark areas remain dark. Of course there are many cases where glazing with opaque pigments is also a great technique, but this particular instance seems very suited to transparent pigments. Also, it would have been fun to see the blue fur glazed with Phthalo Blue :p I just came across this channel today and subscribed immediately. Lots of cool videos, and you really manage to be clear and concise in a way that few other art channels do.
Love your videos! Quick question, can you use airbrush medium instead of water or a combination of the 2? Ive read too much water can allow the paint to detach years down the road. Thanks for your time,J
I just wanted to ask about whether the thin mix of the first layer would peel off eventually. In a couple of other videos about how to use acrylics they said a thin first layer is likely to peel as it doesn’t adhere properly. One person said 30% water is as far as you can go for the first layer. Is this the same in your own experience as your first layer here look very thinned down?
Heres a cat I painted with a grey face th-cam.com/video/7Kune7VfT-U/w-d-xo.html and here is a video explaining my process for painting white fur th-cam.com/video/1vFWQEZolOw/w-d-xo.html
I’m really trying and failing miserably whilst trying to paint horse eyes. Either looking at the face straight on or a side view. Do you have s Video which would help me? I’m teaching myself to paint studying youtube and your videos are greatly helpful. Very hopeful to hear from you. Christi
I am so happy that I found you doing this video. I have been struggling with fur and glazing. You are an excellent artist and do gorgeous paintings. I will follow you now. Thank you so much Veronica 🥰
Great stuff. I never knew about glazing…..the old artists did it right!
Just starting a project where glazing will be crucial so this is great timing !
Excellent video, thank you, hopefully I will be able to use these techniques in my paintings.
Thank you so much for your very casual, yet, professional-detailed way of teaching while you show us!! Wonderful!
I love your works, you are so knowledgable. I loved this video about glazing, except no one has shown the pallet so we can see how much water you are adding. How do you know when it's enough water? Does it matter what brush you use? Thank you for sharing with us and good luck on your painting journey. You have found what God intended you do.
I'm new to painting. This is absolutely so helpful in getting the colors of the furs I was trying to get! Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing this, it really does bring a realistic look to the fur
Thank you so much…you’re a great teacher…and a fantastic artist.
Thanks. I think that is some sort of new bee species!
Omg it does look like a colorful bee...cute
I am so glad I found your page! I am learning so much from these videos. I have been doing pet portraits for about a year and your techniques are teaching me a whole new dimension!
Looking forward to putting this technique into practice!
Just found this video and can't wait to try it. You explain it so perfectly 😊😊
This video was absolutely helpful and inspiring. A big Thanks for sharing your knowledge 😊
Beautiful, thanks❤👏👏🙌
Very well demonstrated and useful.. thank you
This is an excellent video that truly addresses the subject. Thanks!
I am very happy to have found your fur tutorials! I knew nothing about glazing so that and the eye highlight were most helpful. I am super excited to practice your techniques! Thank you!
/fantastic tutorial, best fur tutorials ever thank you Dan
Great video! Thank's from Brazil!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video about glazing. I found it immensely informative and am grateful you did not do it in fast forward motion. One cannot learn anything from those types. I would be interested in a video about painting a realistic cat if you could. You are a wonderful teacher. Patient and very well spoken. Thanks again. David
I loved seeing the glazing process! It became very 3-dimentional right before my eyes! It would have been helpful to see the white layer of fur that the glazing was applied to being painted. Maybe you have a video showing that step that I just have not seen yet. I'll spend some time searching for that.
Fantastic tutorial, thank you!
Brilliant. Simple, easy to follow, great results. I never understood what a “Glaze” was, it terrified me, until I watched your video, it’s quite simple but very effective.
Thank you for your videos!! I didn't realize you had so many good videos on TH-cam from yrs ago! Thank you
Great video. Not sure if you've already done a "fixing bad paintings" video (i.e., like fixing a painting with a bunch of beginner mistakes) but I'd be interested in a video like that.
That dinner looks amazing! I'll have to try that. Thank you for sharing and take care of yourself! :)
O-MAZING! This is such a great glazing tutorial…I’ve read what it is but watching you use it is incredible! Great teaching!
Excellent tutorial 😊
Brilliant! Just what I needed to learn. Thank you so much. 🙂
Glad I found this. It answered a question that I asked myself about tinting a layer below.
Thank you so much it’s very helpful
Very effective 🙌 ❤
This is the best glazing video that I've seen thus far!
Great video! Needed this and now I know how to manipulate my colors to preserothe detail!!!
Love your channel. I've just applied the technique to a hare that I've been painting. I'm really pleased with it.
Glad youre finding my videos helpful!
I’ve been having trouble painting a hare too so I can’t wait to see if I can correct what I have done-it looks like a very bedraggled cartoon so far! 😂
I absolutely love your tutorials. Thank you!! ❤❤
Wow, thank you so much for this video! I wouldn't think twice about doing this technique in my digital paintings but for some reason never considered doing it with acrylics. I am so happy I found your videos. 🙂
Thank you for this awsome video! More wolf paintings please, And horses.
You got it!
Fantastic, thanks so much. Just new to acrylics and keen to learn.
Your skills are amazing! Thank you! 🙏🏻
Well explained and very helpful indeed thanks for sharing
Lovely! Thank you. I'm working on my 2nd and 3rd pet paintings, and this tutorial answered SO many of my questions.
Hi beautiful work. I know everyone is different but I just wondered how long something like this takes you 😊
Thank you for doing what you do! I found you at the perfect time as I struggle with a dog portrait! 🙂
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Wow, this looks amazing, you have opened my world up Ty x
Thank you 💕💞
Explained realy well to for a novice like me. Thank you
Great info and demonstration, thanks
May God bless you, thank you so much ❤
This is so helpful thanks a ton for sharing the entire process. It would certainly help if you can share a video of where you are actually using a reference photo to paint the fur. Just a small patch of fur will do
Thank you!
Thank you!! So glad I found you!!very well explained! I can’t wait to try this on my dog - painting - not “on my dog!”😉
I have not painted for 30 years but now trying to do a small 2 dog portrate..im just making a mess of it..from old brushes falling apart mid stroke to looking like a cartoon not realish..im not sure i can do this..but you have given me hope..used your tips and got a few to work with my hand..looks easy when you do it. Thank you for the fur videos...if it starts looking better i may get new art supplys.
Hi Studio Wildlife
Really enjoy your tutorials. You explain it so well. Thank you for sharing ur knowledge with everyone. I was wondering if you could make a video on how to create and match values against reference photo. Would be helpful for beginners. Thanks and stay safe!
Make the photo black and white so that it's easier to identify the different values. A color photo can be too confusing to distinguish values easily. That's a tip I've learned from many artists. I usually change the photo to black and white on my laptop or phone, print a copy on regular, bright white printer paper, and refer to it as I paint. I hope this helps.
Excellent video!!! Thank you!
Thank you for all your tutorials! So very helpful! Question, to do glazing do you only paint in shades of gray to white? Then add the colored glaze? What happens if the fur is in shades of beige? Can you still glaze with another shade?😊
Thank you so much for this info. 👏🏻
Very very nice tutorial , i learned a lot ,thanks
Awesome lesson. Thank you
I'm glad to see you use this technique. I look up before about thinning acrylics like this but alot of articles said to thin it to much would mean it wouldn't stick and would cause the paint to come off in the subsequent layers. So thank you so much.
Amanda from France
It *may* cause problems in the future a few years down the line due to the binder being compromised depending on how much water he used. Using a glazing medium would ensure the binder is not compromised, it’s not expensive, and if you are spending many hours on a piece it’s good to know it will stand the test of time.
@@Kyomiibrown true. I will certainly do this from now on. What ratio do you use when doing a really thin fine cush please. I am so happy you have already answered.
Thank you
@@lovelyjubbly4151 I usually roughly mix in equal parts - 1/3 glazing medium, 1/3 water and 1/3 paint - depending. For a really thin glaze I would go 50:50 glazing medium/water and add the paint bit by bit. You can use matt or gloss medium if you don’t have glazing medium. Glazing medium is glossy so really brings out the undertones.
Thank-you for doing this video, I think glazes will help my fur a lot. I wonder, is it only transparent colors that a person can glaze with? Would it work with color mixes with white in them?
This is just what I needed
Thank you so much for nice tutorial. It’s so good. Thank you for nice tips
I want to add to my previous comment. I want to do pet portraits. Mostly dogs and perhaps horses. Could you do a video on these when you have some time. I will look forward to it. I love the manor in which you speak. Taking time to fully explain what you are accomplishing. Thank you Veronica 🥰
Thank you so much, glad you are finding the videos helpful. I have a video on painting dogs and another on painting a horse already on my channel. But I will be sure to make some more in the future😁
Thank you make it look so easy.
Excellent video. I would just like to say that you should thin your acrylic with a reducer, otherwise the paint will start chipping over time. Water doesn't replace the binder needed to hold the pigment together.
I wished this to be addressed as well. I watched a video from a paint manufacturer about the max ratio of water to paint before it becomes unstable, longevity-wise.
I don't remember what it was, but it was certainly less than 40%, so watering your paint down a lot is out of the question.
I use either matte gel medium or gloss gel medium to thin my paint, but there are retarders or extenders which also give the advantage of a longer blending time, where as the gel medium doesn't keep it wet for any greater length of time than the actual paint.
You can also use a floating medium to dilute acrylic paints, but only in small amounts as you would water, as I believe there is not the added binders of the gel mediums. I usually add some of both, as I like the glaze to spread easily over the previous layers. Gel medium plus a small amount of floating medium does the trick, without the need for water.
Thank you. It was very useful
I would love to see the paint mixed on the palette - you say to use a lot of water, but what
does that actually look like? I haven't tried this yet but plan to soon!
Omggggg thank you soooooo much. You are amazing
Great video! I really didn't understand glazing before. Your fur is very realistic, I want to reach out and touch it!
Very useful thank you for sharing
Hi I love all your guides and tips but can you paint over acrylics once they are varnished ??????????????? Sig
Thank-you!
Amazing!! Thank you!!
I loved this class. Congratulations. Can I use oil paint at the same time as acrylic paint to make black stripes in my painting?
You can use oil paint over the top of dry acrylics. But you cannot use acrylic paint over oil paints or mix wet acrylic paint with oil paint Because of the different ways in which the two paints dry.
Wow!!
Amazingly detailed demonstration! Thanks for sharing your expertise. What medium do you use? Isn't too much water affect the binder in the paint?
Too much water does effect the binder and the paint starts to bead on the surface of the canvas. But I just use water and adjust it gradually until it is the right consistency. I really need to do a video showing the consistency of the paint I am using. An alternative is airbrush fluid which can be used for thinning the paint whilst still containing a binding medium which prevents the beading effect.
@@StudioWildlife what about a glazing medium? I just got one from Liquitex but haven't tried it yet.
Very nice!
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Hello and many thanks to you. Gonna watch all your videos now, just need some time:) You are a brilliant artist. Could you tell me please, how do you decide which colour you take for the first layer, then second etc, when painting from a reference photo? Best regards
I usually just choose the darkest colour first and then work my way up to the lighter colours. If colours need adjusting or I end up going too light in places I’ll adjust everything with some glazing layers at the end
Do you ever use matt medium instead of water to glaze?
Hola! Saludos desde la Ciudad de México!....por favor , podría hacer un vídeo en español, sobre, técnicas para pintar león, gracias😊
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So if I wanted to do a white tiger would I use only the blue and white and black or should I be using tha burnt umber and yellow too?? I want it to be a white tiger like ur bottom fur
A question for you my friend. If after you put down your base colors and before you glaze the painting, can you put down a layer of acrylic varnish to seal the underneath and then paint the glaze over top?
I’ve never done it but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work!
Thank you!
I notice that the paints used for glazing in this video are all rather opaque pigments. Why not use something like Transparent Red Oxide, instead of using the Burnt Sienna? Transparent pigments with high staining power would be great for this sort of work because they preserve the contrast much better, in particular ensuring that the dark areas remain dark. Of course there are many cases where glazing with opaque pigments is also a great technique, but this particular instance seems very suited to transparent pigments.
Also, it would have been fun to see the blue fur glazed with Phthalo Blue :p
I just came across this channel today and subscribed immediately. Lots of cool videos, and you really manage to be clear and concise in a way that few other art channels do.
Thank you for sharing! Are you using glazing medium?
No, I just use water. There is a myth going round that you shouldn’t use water to thin acrylic paint. But I have had no problems just using water
Love your videos!
Quick question, can you use airbrush medium instead of water or a combination of the 2? Ive read too much water can allow the paint to detach years down the road. Thanks for your time,J
I’ve always just used water and not had any problems with peeling, but airbrush mediums should work too!
@@StudioWildlife thank you!
I just wanted to ask about whether the thin mix of the first layer would peel off eventually. In a couple of other videos about how to use acrylics they said a thin first layer is likely to peel as it doesn’t adhere properly. One person said 30% water is as far as you can go for the first layer. Is this the same in your own experience as your first layer here look very thinned down?
I’m so happy that I found do you have videos how to pain white cats with gray on face thanks
Heres a cat I painted with a grey face th-cam.com/video/7Kune7VfT-U/w-d-xo.html
and here is a video explaining my process for painting white fur th-cam.com/video/1vFWQEZolOw/w-d-xo.html
This is so amazing. The fur looks so great I want to pet the non existing animal!
Hi this may be just me but can you show the consistency of your glazes but do love your videos. Keith
What paper should be used?
I’m really trying and failing miserably whilst trying to paint horse eyes. Either looking at the face straight on or a side view. Do you have s Video which would help me? I’m teaching myself to paint studying youtube and your videos are greatly helpful.
Very hopeful to hear from you.
Christi
thinned with water only will come off a canvas surface when wet
Hi amazing paintings .How to get good photographic photos to work from please 24:03
Is the acrylic paint dry after every layer/color you put on?
Yes 😁
I didn't know using water could be that effective.