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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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 😘😘
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!
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 :)
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.
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 :)
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.
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 ^^
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 TH-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!!
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 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, 😍😍😍😍😍😍
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 🥰🥰
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 TH-cam. There you have them sorted and all at once :)
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 :)
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 :)
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 :))
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 :)
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.
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 :)
Carol Ferguson thanks Carol. As everything it has advantages and disadvantages but it makes some things easier especially as some kind of transition from black and white to color. At least it is fun to do and takes away the „fear“ of mixing colors :)
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
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 :)
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 :) th-cam.com/users/DrawMixPaint
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.
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.
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:)
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.
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 :))
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 ^^
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 th-cam.com/play/PLz9Uk7TW2lvEaz5XVSE3YYcLPXNucT9ri.html
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 TH-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 :)
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 :)
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,
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 😘
Monsoon Bloom let me know if there are still open questions and I will be happy to help you out. I also have a couple more realism tutorials uploaded and more are to come :)) and welcome to my channel 😘😘
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!
this was just a small excursion into this technique as a beginners version. Of course when added layer over layer one can achieve even more realistic results :)
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 :)
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...
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:)
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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
Yes. I’d like more demonstrations of this technique, especially on portraits
I love the rich look of this method. It makes for such luscious paintings. Wonderful!
thank you for watching Brenda :))
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 :)
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 :)
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 ❤️❤️
Very simple and straight away video.. each and every sentence can be notable!!
Thankyou🙏🙏
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 :)
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.
Finally, a clear and no nonsense video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching it:))
I love this technique and it works wonders to adding dimension to a painting in acrylic. Thank you.
Thank you Laura :)))
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 :)
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.
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 ^^
Wow! I leave in Iran and l am learning painting on TH-cam. But this was the first time i understand using liquid in glazing. Thank you 🙏
Yay glad it helped 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 TH-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!!
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 :))
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, 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Yes really the best glazing video..!, thank you ! And happy painting.
Thank you for sharing this video of glazing love it and thought well unerdstood this method 👏 as I never used oils paint before
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 🥰🥰
Thanks for the demonstration, I've just learnt a lot about glazing.
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 TH-cam. There you have them sorted and all at once :)
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 :)
Your tutering is so GREAT . thanx for your generosity...
thank you!!! glad it was of some use for you :)
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
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 :-)
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
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 :)
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
th-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.
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 :)
I think this technique is very useful for those of us who struggle with value! Thank you
Carol Ferguson thanks Carol. As everything it has advantages and disadvantages but it makes some things easier especially as some kind of transition from black and white to color. At least it is fun to do and takes away the „fear“ of mixing colors :)
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
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 :)
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 :)
th-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.
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.
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.
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:)
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
A happier much happier when seen what I ve bought and was not able to get what with it. Great Thanks!
Really enjoyed your video and would love to see more of this technique.
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 ^^
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 :))
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 ^^
You are great.. amazing..and yet humble.. by the manner you speak..
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!!!!
Very clear explanation and demonstration of this technique - very informative and easy to follow. Very fine tutorial
Thank you so much Lis :)))
I loved your technique. Thanks for sharing.
Amna Mohamed thanks dir watching Amna ❤️❤️
Great job showing glazes and the old masters technique ! Thanks
that was one of the clearest explanations on you tube that I've heard , thank you
Thank you :))
You have a wonderful, kind voice, and you are concise. Thanks!
thank you Jacquie
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
th-cam.com/play/PLz9Uk7TW2lvEaz5XVSE3YYcLPXNucT9ri.html
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 TH-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 :)
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 ^^
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 :)
Very educational! Amazing video..
thank you :))
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
Good one. I’d love to see your old master techniques!
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, thank you.
Excellent demo - thank you.
thank you for watching Tom :))
Very nice video, clearly explained. learned a lot.
thank you Lili :)
Thank you for this demonstration it really simplified the technique!
thanks for watching :))
thank you so much. You explanation was so easy to understand and follow.
What an exciting and informative video ,,, thank u so much !
thank you for watching it :))
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 :)))
very informative tutorial and without disturbing music: Good work.Thanks
Al Sultan thanks so much :)))
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!
Very interesting. I will keep this video in my favorites file. Thanks Michael for the lesson
glad you liked it :)
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TECHNIQUE ....THANKS 4 SHARING....nOW I UNDERSTAND THE TERM ABOUT GLAZING, THIS IS AMAZING...DANKESCHOEN:)
my pleasure :))
Thank you so much for this video.
It really very helpful 👌👌👌
So beautiful. Looks real. Thanks for sharing tutorial
You are a great teacher Michael. Thank you
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.
th-cam.com/video/OeBiKSWHZbU/w-d-xo.html
Very nice, I will definitely try the technique. Thanks
Easy to understand and great demo. Thanks!
Ah, I can see why you suggested this for my project! I'll give this a try on the background for my dragon! Thank you so much for the tip! ♡
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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 😘
Really informative. I was not understanding a few things and your video made everything clear. Big thanks. I subscribed. 😁
Monsoon Bloom let me know if there are still open questions and I will be happy to help you out. I also have a couple more realism tutorials uploaded and more are to come :)) and welcome to my channel 😘😘
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!
Love it. Very useful. Hope to see more!!thank-you!
Thank you for this video. Very interesting and informative.
Thanks for watching Susan :))
Thank you ! Very nice tutorial
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 :)))
Very interesting to watch, thanks for sharing this with us.
This is wonderful...thank you so much...I very much wanted to learn glazing.
this was just a small excursion into this technique as a beginners version. Of course when added layer over layer one can achieve even more realistic results :)
Such a great tutorial! Thank you!
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 :)
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...
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:)
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 :)
Yes I enjoyed This tutorial must. Watch again
Very Helpful! especially when you explained how it works for acrylics. Thanks :)
Glad you liked the video and hope it had some new insights :)
Great glazing instruction
Great tutorial, love glazing you make it very fun
And fun it is Rosa :) Thanks for wazching and glad you liked it!!
Wow! This cleared up so many questions! Thank you!!
glad it had some helpful tipps :))