+Alepap woow you're so edgy, i bet you think that star wars is overrated..good for you

HAHA, I actually laughed at your original comment. I do love Bob Ross though. I was so mesmerized by his show when I was a little kid.

Thank you.

Such kind words Brandon. Thank you so very much. I'm humbled you tell people about me. Thanks for that.

I miss making them, too. Been so busy lately :-( Well, busy is good and bad.

thanks.

Makes total sense to me. My process of glazing over the painting multiple times is one of those things where it may take me more steps than painting without glazes, but it allows you to eventually cover more ground so you can spend the time to focus on the details in the end. Thanks for enjoying the vid.

Omg same gurrrrrl friend!!!!

I've been dying to upload a new one. So crazy busy lately. Thanks for being so patient :-)

I really appreciate that, Joe. Thank you.

Me, too. So wrapped up in all of my client assignments lately that I have fallen behind in uploading videos. More to come :-)

No problem. Glad you always stop back to watch them. Thank you.

You should. And the original art always looks so much better in person. The glazing really adds nice depth and glow to a painting that's hard to capture on video or photos. Thanks.

My pleasure. thanks for watching.

Thank you.

thank you so much.

Thanks, ian.

Thank you. I'm very glad you found this video useful. If by new you mean my Acrylic painting DVD, you will really enjoy it. I know I'm biased, but it truly is my most detailed video yet. I also have a Kickstarter going on right now for the creation of an OIL painting DVD. That Kickstarter ends Dec. 4th. Just keep that in mind in case you also want to learn oil painting because you can get both the oil and acrylic DVDs at a lower cost each. www.kickstarter.com/projects/threepointspub/jeff-miracolas-fantasy-art-oil-painting-techniques?ref=ejkupd Ok, enough of the sales pitch. Seriously glad you dig this video and thanks for commenting. And since you're about to start painting, be patient with yourself. Frustration will ultimately come. Just keep at it. Trust me, you'll make progress if you just don't stop.

Wow thanks so much! I appreciate the info about the DVD's (both of which I want!) and the encouragement on painting. I'll take that advice to heart for sure. I'm going to get my mitts on both of your DVD's as soon as I can. I've got the goal of being a proficient painter in both acrylic and oil although I've never used either lol. But, the desire is there and has been for sometime. I currently make trading cards for Cryptozoic, Topps, Upper Deck and some other places. I'm just really interested in leveling up my skills to get a better paying, more permanent gig to be honest. Been putting it off for years and I just can't do another day job. I'm sure you've been there. Anyway, thank you a TON for your time. I'm a follower of yours on Instagram too actually, my username is Sketchbooks, we've had a brief exchange or two in the past on there and you're always helpful and pleasant. I thank you for that thoroughly. Have a great one and take care! :]

Aw man, thank you so much, travis. I really appreciate the kind words.

You are very welcome. Glad you're enjoying my videos.

Thank you, Jon.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

LOL so was I. So busy lately.

Thank you very much.

No problem. thanks for watching.

hehe. And I hope those experimentation go well for you. Thanks for always watching :-)

Thank you.

Thanks. And yes, that creepy music is very appropriate :-)

I didn't think it was creepy - I thought it was lovely! Who is it?

+Devon Marcel shazam?

Thanks so much, Ryan. Really appreciate that. Jeremy is awesome :-)

always. I love painting :-)

Thanks, Randy. I'd definitely watch that watercolor video. I have never successfully worked in watercolors. It's a very different way of thinking and not a method I'm used to.

J.F Jimenez thanks for the kind words. And yeah, my DVD goes way more in depth on my acrylic painting process. I appreciate you considering buying it. There's a lot of info on there with the main feature and all the extras.

jeffmiracola Thanks Jeff I'm goon buy it for sure... I'm at a pretty descent level but I'm missing that wow factor in a lot of my work. Especially dynamic lighting and atmospheric. Perspective... My stuff is very colorful but I have never had anyone explain to me except for a couple instructors whom were fine artist, how to get depth in ones paintings. So, I'm glad you're showing it thank you.

Jeff, can you do a similar glazing technique using oils? Just really thinning out the paint with a good medium instead of water? I should just go and try it. I would have never thought of doing that until watching this. I have been trying to get the same effect on a few paintings, but I have been doing it the pain in rear way of mixing different shades of paint instead of something like this.

Matthew Eble Hi Matt. Absolutely you can glaze with oils. I do it all the time. It's how the old masters used to work :-) I'm working on an extensive oil painting DVD right now about my entire process and then some. But that won't be out until April. But I also have plenty of videos on my channel that show some of my oil techniques, too.

Thanks, Matt. I appreciate that.

which book?

+Altered States probably you meant to say 'whitch story'

Wonderful!! After you're done watching it, I'd love to know what you think. And if you like it, please leave a good review for me at Amazon :-) I hope you enjoy it and learn a lot from it.

As bad as it sounds, practice practice practice. Just like any skill in life.

Ita called the rule of 10,000 hours. after 10,000 hours you are a master at something... and that a little under 4yrs at 8 hours a day

kmkstu420 Well, I must be an exception as I've been trying for 12 years and I'm really no better.

8hrs a day for 4 yrs if your not a master after 12 yrs thats because you have not spent enough time doing it

Hi, Cristina. The files are just .MP4 video files. You can watch them in iTunes or QuickTime player if you're on a Mac or in Windows Media Player if you're on a PC. You could even just watch them online and not download them. If you do download the files, keep in mind they are large files and will take some time to download.

Thank you so much for the kind words. My glazes most often consist of just paint diluted with water. However, I also glaze with acrylic glazing liquid (I use Golden brand) added to the paint. In this video I just diluted with water though.

Thanks a lot! I'm going to embrace embarrassing myself and present another question, please. Do you dilute your paint to the same kind of consistency as the gesso, or thicker, for this illustration painting? Do you ever work on paper?

throughout the course of a painting, my paints reach many different levels of consistency depending on the stage I'm at in the painting or what's called for to achieve a certain effect. That holds true for this particular painting. And I rarely do paintings on paper, but I have done it in the past. The few I've done were on gessoed watercolor paper.

Thanks for taking thr time and effort to answer, Jeff. Looking forward to following your work.

Bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question. ( %

An artist in a weird mood? How strange ;-) LOL. Don't sweat it. If you find trying to paint or draw a certain way to be boring, then don't do it. Especially if your goal is to create art for graphic novels. You have to be absolutely in love with the style of art you are creating in order to sustain it for the number of pages of art you'll be making. You could be woking on your graphic novel for years. One of the great frustrations of being an artist is having vision, but not the skills at the moment to make that vision happen. I definitely went through this early in my career and still do at times. If your vision for your graphic novel, or art in general, is to be more realistic looking rather than cartoony, then ask yourself if this is the right time to begin your graphic novel project. Maybe it gets put on the back burner until the day your drawing/painting skills have met up with your vision. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. There are lots of paintings I chose not to do because I didn't have the skill at the time. I revisited those painting ideas later, when I finally learned how to paint better, and made successful paintings :-) Some of those ideas finally came to realization 10 years later. That being said, you MUST learn how to draw "boring" things. I do recommend you draw from life if you have the opportunity. Nothing, and I mean nothing, tops drawing the human figure from real life. Go draw animals at the zoo or even taxidermied animals at a public museum. Set up still lifes in your home (vase with flowers, animal skulls, fruits, metal objects, etc.) to draw. Get outside and draw nature, too. Draw those trees, plants, automobiles, buildings, etc. Once you start drawing from life, you'll start to see these things in a whole new light. You think you know what a tree looks like until you sit down to draw it, studying every limb, every imperfection, every leaf. Trust me, the boring stuff won't seem so boring after a while. And drawing the boring stuff will serve you well when you go to make your graphic novel. A graphic novel that is just panel after panel of zombie heads and spilling guts just isn't interesting. All that boring stuff is what will help you set your mood, setting, and give your characters a rich environment to live out your story. I personally practice drawing from life and from imagination. These days time is a factor for me. I only draw from life when I can make the time. But I do still make the time for it. But I find inspiration from other artists' works or from various books. Then I let my imagination fly and just draw. A lot of this is about repetition. The more you draw, the better you get. The more control over your medium you will have. FYI, my imaginative drawing has only been made better because of all my years of drawing the boring, realistic stuff. Check out this video I made a few years ago about figure drawing. It might be helpful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oalmasJpy6qlfGw.html And good luck!! Hang in there. Jeff

Wow thank you so much for your incredibly informative response! Everything you said was very true, I spent today drawing a study of a chimpanzee and took a good 9 hours to create a piece of artwork from it, and it is easily my best piece yet. I was just losing all motivation early this morning and wanted to give up, but seeing how I can create better artwork from simply doing studies, you are completely right! Thank you again.