Glazing

[Art_Addict]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone could explain me what exactly is meant with glazing?
I did a quick search through the forums but didn't came up with specific info.
I think its a painting technique or at least a part of it.
But what is it exactly, and how do you approach it, and can it be done with any kind of paint?

cheers

[Mindflaw]

Traditionally, glazing is simply brushing a thin, transparent layer of color over an existing layer of color that has dried. In most cases the underlayer of paint is of a lighter color than that used for the glazing. The theory is that light will travel through the glaze, strike the underlayer then reflect back through the glaze thus producing a shimmering, luministic effect.

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[ArlandoBattle]

Its mostly used in clay I believe like you have glaze which is a paint you paint unto a clay that has been in the kiln then you put it back in the kiln and it gets kind of shiny.

[Noc]

totally different thing arlando

[Gory]

Basically what Mindflaw said.


The glazing medium I use is 7 parts Oderless Mineral Spirits, 4 parts stand oil, and 3 parts liquin. Many hardcore classicists will tell you that you cannot use OMS or liquin in a medium, but my teacher which came up with this formula has used it for well over a decade and has never had any issues with it... yet. Well, the imporant thing is that they last your lifetime. heh. The traditional formula would replace OMS with Pure Gum Spirits (evaporates faster, thus more harmful) and Liquin with Damar Varnish.

I like the safer medium, myself. If you've ever smelled Pure Gum spirits, it practically burns your nostrils. Well, it does to me at least.

However glazing (well, grisaille) is an incredibly tough process. Every layer you make must be absolutely correct, otherwise it will show up in the end of your painting, and there is no way to correct it. Also grisaille paintings tend to look awful until you finish them.. if you have the patience to do it.

[Art_Addict]

Thanx a lot guys!!

That clarified some things,...
So basically its a kind of varnishing technique with a nice effect, no?
You can use different glazing layers, but they're all on top of each other, right?
I mean, when your painting is done, then comes the glazing. Or can you apply thin layers of oil, glazing,and then oil again, and so on, ...
Or will this ruin the effect of glazing itself?

I guess i'm a moron for not getting this with all that info

[figure2]

The classic master of glazing was Maxfield Parrish. He was only able to achieve the luminescent blues of his skies through many layers of transparent paint.

If you don't have the patience to wait for oil paint glazes to dry, you can use similar glazing techniques in acrylic.

[Gory]

Err, I don't care how awesome of an acrylic paint you're using, or how incredible the medium that goes along with it is... You'll never be able to come anywhere *remotely* close to a glazed oil painting. I don't care what anyone says. A couple of my friends used to paint in acrylics exclusively.

Oil paint, simply, is the only way to get wonderfully luminous paintings as the old masters. It's glazing properties are far superior to any other medium. God I'm such an elitist prick.

To answer your question, Art_Addict.. It's not really a varnish, I don't think you could really call it that.

With glazing you can either have one solid opaque layer and glaze over it dozens and dozens of times to effect the underpainting in quite a wonderful way. That's really the only technique I'm 100% familiar with however... But there are other approaches to glazing that are far less tedious.

But yeah, it's pretty pointless to do a glazed layer and paint opaque paint right over. Usually when an artist notices a mistake in a glazed painting, they will just sand the paint right down to the area with issues. Anyway, enjoy.

[Art_Addict]

Gory, thanks for clarifying

cheers
Tom