You're welcome. Happy to help !

That say everything about school in général

@@Silent_Chief my father was artist and I know more than people who study art. For teacher to be good he needs to be 1. Expert able to simplify 2. Wish his students well in his heart Neither happening on most of universities

@@violinplayer3518 im learning by myself too im autodidacte so you totaly right about teacher

Yeh… my art college employed people who had issues with alcohol and wore filthy black clothing… basically, knew nothing about fine art painting, at all.

+Alba Whiteman Great !... Thank you for such an enlightened comment !

For more info you can check out Louis Velasquez in San Diego who translated from old Spanish to modern Spanish to English, the painting treatise of Francisco Pacheco who was the teacher of the historical Velazquez. See his website calcitesunoil.com . This is stuff you won't learn at any university.You can learn the real techniques of Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velazquez, Van Eyck by understanding how the materials were really used. We have from the C19 , a Frankenstein's laboratory approach which was based on the assumptions of Reynolds who tried to emulate Rubens but failed and so, made the assumption of '' secret mediums of the old masters '' . Thus, thereupon was spread the myth and meme of secret this and secret that which found its way via the industrial revolution to the colourmen who would sell you any fanciful product they could think of. There were no such secrets of course. The real '' secret '' is how you process the flaxseed oil properly. You don't need high tech to do this . Washing the flaxseed oil properly was known 2000 yr ago by the romans who learnt it from the greeks. Theophilus in the C12 mentions it. Cennini mentioned that the best quality oil was the washed oil. You will note that there are some people who are modern day pretenders who will tell you that you need sand and salt and water to wash the oil properly( Tad Spurgeon). That may be true for them but they will take too long and lose a lot of their oil. Though if you look up tad's website you will find interesting studies on calcite being used in his painting '' putties ''.Louis was first on the scene and has the exact proportions of alcohol and fibre Pacheco used. I use methylated spirits because I understand chemistry_it's 95 % ethanol and 5% methanol in Australia...aka denatured alcohol and you water it down to 40-50 % when you use it with the fibre. You can use vodka if you like but it's a bit expensive. Don't mention that to any Russians as they may see it as sacrilegious !Forget all the water, sand and salt bullshit. Look up Tennyson oils in Nova Scotia, Canada. They process the oil properly if you don't want to do it yourself. Demand now exceeds supply. Also look up Vince Desiderio a realist painter of NY who is attached to the better art schooling you can get there. The info on Titian's glazing method was from one of his youtube videos.He got that training from the scholarly art historians who have really delved into methods and materials. Nothing much like that exists here in Australia that I been able to find out so far but I will keep looking. I have spent the last 8 yr just testing paints from various manufacturers to sort out the shit from the clay. Manufacturers tend to sell you half truths. With properly washed and processed oil , glaze in a thin film can dry to the touch in about 5-7 hr ! depending on local temp. and pressure and humidity. Paint from a commercial tube can be touch dry in about 14 hr ! No driers, solvents ,resins or varnishes are needed when you understand what Louis tells you .He has one book and 6 videos . There is a free one called CSO Rubens on youtube. Well there you are, bon jour de nee, joyeux noel etc etc. I hope you are happy with that . I don't waste my time on the many ignoramuses out there because they are stuck in arty farty wonderland and when I've mentioned these ideas all I get is looks and comments of disbelief. adieu , a bientot. cheers.

Cheers! I always did wonder how the masters did so many glazing layers without suffering massive darkening.

@@lukebitton3694 there is a lot of misinformation out there about glazing and how it was done or should be. This idea that the old masters painted on black and white under layers is so laughable. The under paintings had a lot more depth than an ivory black and white underpainting. Also the idea that you can somehow just layer a bunhch of fully transparent pigments over that black and white and get a realistic color effect, again laughable. The glazing wasn't pure glazing, it was a mix of scumbling semi opaque/transparent layers with fully transparent glazes. Basically the underpainting was just a value guide.

Alba- that link you linked is horrible. That guy cannot even draw accurately let alone create anythign even resembling the subtle quality of an old masters painting.

Thanks, glad my videos can be helpful.

+Gato L. Merci beaucoup, greatings from France !

Thank you very much ! I am glad it was helpful.

+NickPenlee Thank you Nick ! Glazing is actually pretty simplie, it's just that it can easily get out of control because it's also very strong in term of color intensity.

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Thank you for your comment. Many painters actually glaze without really any need to know that it's called glazing.

Thank you so much! I enjoyed this informative video

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