How to glaze with acrylics | Easy & effective way to add colour and depth to acrylic paintings

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How to glaze with acrylics | Easy & effective way to add colour and depth to acrylic paintings

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Күн бұрын

Glazing with acrylic paint is the perfect method for adjusting colour and adding depth to our paintings. In this video I'll show how to use glazes demonstrated by multiple real time clips of various animal paintings. I use glazing in every single one of my acrylic paintings but there are a few things to consider to ensure they are used in the correct way and to provide the best results. Each of these paintings featured in this video are all available on my Patreon as real time, full length tutorials =).
00:00 Examples
00:28 What is a glaze?
01:13 When should we use glazes?
02:24 Real time tutorial
02:55 Water or medium?
04:06 Really important top tip
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Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite & Tutorials:
Patreon: www.patreon.com/zaratomsart
Would you like to see what tutorials I have on Patreon? If so, the link to the library is below :)
petportraitsan...
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Links:
How to paint realistic fur in acrylics: • How to paint fur in ac...
Top tips for paint fur in acrylics: • HOW TO PAINT FUR IN AC...
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Social media:
Facebook page: Zara.Toms.Artist
Instagram: zaratomsart
Website & blog: www.petportraitsandwildlifeart.co.uk
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Materials used:
Liquitex basics paint
Various reference photographs sourced from Pixabay & Unsplash

Пікірлер: 43

@mjohnson8157 3 ай бұрын

You do great work! This was very helpful! Thank you!

@cletiskroeker3552 Ай бұрын

Awesome work!💯

@zaratomsart Ай бұрын

Thank you =)

@rosesinfaith 3 ай бұрын

Thanks you.

@henricustandiary Жыл бұрын

👍 amazing

@zaratomsart Жыл бұрын

Thank you =)

@soarpurpose 6 ай бұрын

Do you use paints that aren't transparent for glazing? You mentioned yellow ochre.

@zaratomsart 6 ай бұрын

Yep I just thin them with more water to make them transparent =)

@soarpurpose 6 ай бұрын

@@zaratomsart cool. That might work with my bird painting

@soarpurpose 6 ай бұрын

@@zaratomsart I guess your paintings kind of answer my question. Some warm reflected light is in shadow of backlit subjects? That doesn't necessarily show in a reference photo? I feel my backlit bird is too dark & cool.

@coviedogs Жыл бұрын

This is great. Is there a way you match the glaze color to your portraits? I tend to use glazes, but recently had trouble matching a color to the dogs fur. I painted two boxers and the fur was yellow/raw sienna based. Your short white fur bull dog video came in so handy. You are amazing and i enjoy you tremendously!

@zaratomsart Жыл бұрын

Thank you =). That's really kind. I show how I colour match on my Patreon tutorials and it's a really simple system. No complex colour theory. The use of an eye dropper tool can make it easier to determine where that colour sits on the colour wheel which can really help to narrow down the paint/pencil colour options. If you haven't used one of those that may be worth a try =)

@coviedogs Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply! Eye dropper is something I've thought of using, but it's technology! Lol I'm so old school

@zaratomsart Жыл бұрын

@@coviedogs I rarely use an eye dropper so if you'd rather not do that then using a paper colour wheel to see where you think the colour sits on it would help. This is something I show in lots of tutorials on Patreon but specifically the Giraffe. That focuses on colour selection right from the start =)

@linneaheaverlo688 4 ай бұрын

Can any color be a glaze color or do we only use semi- transparent or totally transparent paints.

@zaratomsart 4 ай бұрын

They told have to be transparent paints. I use some more opaque colours and just add more water but colours such as titanium white that are really opaque will create a foggy effect rather than glaze so they are not ideal. But the Liquitex basics which is the paint I prefer to use are fairly transparent anyway so they work really well for glazing techniques.

@linneaheaverlo688 4 ай бұрын

@@zaratomsart Thank you for your way-fast response! I’m a new acrylic painter and am trying glazes. Your tutorials are very good. Animals will be my focal, too, once I get blending down….thanks again!

@zaratomsart 4 ай бұрын

@linneaheaverlo688 no problem =). Thank you so much, so pleased they're helpful 🥰

@julieb2972 Жыл бұрын

I get bubbles in my glaze whether I use water or glazing medium. How do I prevent that?

@zaratomsart Жыл бұрын

What paint are you using?

@bohob6190 Жыл бұрын

@@zaratomsart Golden heavy body mainly and some Liquitex.

@zaratomsart Жыл бұрын

@@bohob6190 At what point does it bubble? Do you notice the bubbles during normal paint layers or just when glazing? Are the bubbles happening when you are mixing the glaze on your palette or when the glaze is on the canvas/surface?

@linneaheaverlo688 4 ай бұрын

I notice I get bubbles too, using Golden, and they appear when I am applying glaze to the canvas. I was thinking I had thinned it too much.

@justusmochoge6577 2 ай бұрын

I have watched this twice you explain so nicely I feel happy to have found this channel. So clear voice and nice English accent

@studiotezart Жыл бұрын

how do you get the brushstrokes so thin in the fur?

@zaratomsart Жыл бұрын

It's a few different things. The brush, the amount of pressure applied to the brush and how much paint is loaded onto the brush are the main factors. Light pressure is key.

@studiotezart Жыл бұрын

@@zaratomsart Thank you, I guess I have to get a thinner brush

@zaratomsart Жыл бұрын

@@studiotezart You may not necessarily as some round brushes with light pressure can work but a nice smaller liner brush is always handy and is easier to create the finer lines =).

@studiotezart Жыл бұрын

@@zaratomsart I have tried with all sorts of brushes and tecniques it feels, but I havent found the right trick yet. Practice practice 😊

@sabrinafelix2511 3 ай бұрын

It's also about how thin your paint is I just learned this myself. If you're using straight paint is not gonna work

@artist7509 12 күн бұрын

So to glaze a painting i need to use water? Or what? 😭😭

@zaratomsart 12 күн бұрын

@@artist7509 I just use water.

@artist7509 12 күн бұрын

@@zaratomsart okay thanks, but one question. I'm like using an art kit with instructions and I don't understand. It's like a canvas with a grey drawing I have to paint with acrylics. It's says that color glaze means "the application of transparent color to the canvas allowing the grey scale design to remain clearly visible". Does this mean I have to paint the canvas in transparent color? 😭 The kit doesn't have any transparent color so I don't understand

@zaratomsart 12 күн бұрын

@artist7509 is it paint by numbers? Without seeing the kit it's hard to say but that glaze may be more like a wash where you put a colour down but transparent to see the guide lines for then painting on top of?

@artist7509 12 күн бұрын

@@zaratomsart it's not paint by numbers, it's like a canvas with a grey scale drawing and then a instructions kit that tells me how to apply the colors ect

@EddySchrijvers 6 ай бұрын

this is amazing🖕

@zaratomsart 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🥰

@jeannegillette155 7 ай бұрын

A little confusing about what you get and how many tutorials you get for each tier .

@zaratomsart 7 ай бұрын

I have a complete list of all tutorials that are on Patreon on my Patreon library on my website.

@Zhiavanja 6 ай бұрын

The tiers are partitioned by medium. There's a graphite tier, pastel tier and acrylic tier. As Zara said, every tutorial available for each medium (tier) is listed on her website. Zara is an excellent teacher. If you're considering becoming a patron you should give it a go. I started with graphite but will be subscribing to the other tiers soon.

@zaratomsart 6 ай бұрын

@Zhiavanja thank you so much ❤️. So pleased you're enjoying my Patreon tutorials 🥰