You have beautifully demonstrated the use of glazing in oils. Thank you so much. I am a 74 year old beginner.

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!

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.

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!

I love the rich look of this method. It makes for such luscious paintings. Wonderful!

A happier much happier when seen what I ve bought and was not able to get what with it. Great Thanks!

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! 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 :)

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.

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

Good explanation, good speed to this video, and a fine lesson all around. Thank you! I especially enjoyed how things took on their final colours and textures during the final two minutes.

Very simple and straight away video.. each and every sentence can be notable!! Thankyou🙏🙏

Yes really the best glazing video..!, thank you ! And happy painting.

Yes! I LOVE the look of glazing and hope to learn more. Thanks so much for teaching us!

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.

As always, masterfully done, Michael, and easy to understand. Thank you

Good tips, especially for oils! I will say- in my experience, if you’re using acrylics, you’re best off going one of two directions. 1. Ideally, use an actual glazing medium. They were a game-changer for me, & give beautiful results, without any of the risk of damaging the binders & resulting in adhesion/permanency problems like you can get from diluting acrylics excessively with water. From the ease of use & smoothness of application, to the quality of the finish, glazing medium (I’m used to Golden’s) seems to really be better for this purpose than any other matte or gloss medium I’ve tried, though they can work in a pinch & are probably still better than water in most cases; don’t get me wrong. I use water to just SLIGHTLY thin the consistency of acrylics all the time. But if you use enough to try to thin heavy-bodied paints, especially, to a good glaze consistency, IME it seems like that’s a risky amount of water to add to them (if you must attempt this, I’d thoroughly mix a few drops of water in at a time to slowly dilute to the desired consistency, & mostly stick with very transparent pigments, as I really ideally ought to for glazes regardless- but especially in this case; if you add a bunch of water all at once you get weird issues with the binder breaking into clumps & it’s way too easy to add too much at once). 2. This gets to my other point. If you DO use water instead of a more suitable medium for glazes, I recommend using it with fluid or high flow acrylics instead of heavy-bodied, if at all possible. You’ll have a much easier time that way & achieve better results. Because fluid & high-flow acrylics have a heavy pigment load concentrated into much less binder, & the binder is already more of a fluid consistency from the jump, it seems like you can get away with using considerably less water, & rather than risking breaking up unevenly, it simply dilutes smoothly. So with a relatively small amount of water & a transparent pigment, you can dilute them to a good glaze consistency & transparency without encountering as many problems. Heavy-bodied acrylics are just not designed to tolerate the amount of water that you’d need to get a thin, fluid, glaze consistency suited for a smooth, even, very thin application. IMO fluid acrylics + glazing medium (which you can also get away with using less of if you’re using it to dilute fluid/high-flow acrylics rather than having to completely change the consistency of heavy-bodied paint) is probably pretty ideal. Using that kind of blend with a nice, soft brush (I like an oval mop, or a soft flat, or something like that) makes for an extremely smooth, even, thin glaze that still is nice & juicy & strongly pigmented while being plenty transparent as long as it’s at least a somewhat/semi-transparent pigment. Plus, heavy bodied paints are way more expensive, so in addition to not being particularly well-suited for glazes, it’s kind of a waste of paints that are designed to be applied as thickly as you want, if you’re thinning them down to a fluid anyway. Of course if you can’t afford to be buying both heavy bodied AND fluid paints, go with whatever suits your general purposes (you CAN thin heavy bodied paints down with glazing medium much better than with water, & you can technically also buy heavy gels, molding pastes, etc., & simply color them with the pigment load from fluid acrylics- it’s a versatile medium & you can pretty much add any source of pigment to any medium/gel/paste)… But I would definitely warn against adding too much water to heavy-bodied paints, & recommend splurging for some good glazing medium if you can afford to, regardless of which acrylic paint type you go for. For anyone not aware, the difference between fluid & high-flow acrylics as basically just consistency. They’re both a high pigment load concentrated in a smaller amount of very fluid binder. It’s just that fluid acrylics still have a bit of acrylic thickness to them (think of the consistency of drinkable yogurt- but don’t drink them). Whereas high-flow is the thinnest acrylic paint base you can go with. It’s basically the same consistency as ink or milk or something… Pretty similar to acrylic ink, except it’s still considered a paint, whereas acrylic ink is literally an ink, though I’m not sure what the exact difference is. From what I just read, acrylic inks are “water resistant, but not permanent” whereas high-flow acrylics are “permanent when dry & can withstand gentle hand-washing.” High-flow acrylics also, apparently, contain a retarder that prevents them from drying INSTANTLY at that thin viscosity (which I suppose makes them more usable as a paint, whereas acrylic inks should only be dipped into with a pen or what have you because they dry even more rapidly)- but then, IME they’re still acrylic paints & definitely do dry quickly despite the retarder.

This was a wonderful demo and technique. I will be trying this for sure. What a great teacher you are. Thank you!

Finally, a clear and no nonsense video. Thank you!

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.

Than you for a easy explanation of this technique as so may experts made it so complex I will be trying this out.

I love this technique and it works wonders to adding dimension to a painting in acrylic. Thank you.

Thanks for the demonstration, I've just learnt a lot about glazing.

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.

LOVED THIS PRESENTATION.IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND GLAZING IN AN EASIER WAY.WANT TO SEE MORE OF YOU.THANKS A MILLION!!!!!!!!!

Really enjoyed your video and would love to see more of this technique.

Thank you for sharing this video of glazing love it and thought well unerdstood this method 👏 as I never used oils paint before

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.

This was the best glazing tutorial I have seen!! Thank you very much!

So beautiful. Looks real. Thanks for sharing tutorial

Wonderful tutorial! I’d love to learn more about this technique. Thank you so much for sharing the video.

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.:)

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 ❤️

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.

Great job showing glazes and the old masters technique ! Thanks

Excellent tutorial...I would love to see more of the old Master techniques!

Amazing,absolutely amazing. Just what I have been searching for. Thank you so much for a wonderful presentation,and,incredible detail.

Fantastic job! I’d love to see more examples. Especially portraits and landscapes. Thank you for doing this video.

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, 😍😍😍😍😍😍

This is EXACTLY what I needed to see - thank 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 KZfaq so called experts, but your easy to follow demonstration must have encourage many beginners to ‘give it a go’ Well done.

Thanks for the demonstration. I find it very interesting. I hope to see more demos and thank you for sharing!

Very clear explanation and demonstration of this technique - very informative and easy to follow. Very fine tutorial

Love it. Very useful. Hope to see more!!thank-you!

Easy to understand and great demo. Thanks!

Very nice, I will definitely try the technique. Thanks

You are great.. amazing..and yet humble.. by the manner you speak..

Such a great tutorial! Thank you!

That was very helpful & well explained. I would love to see longer videos about this technique. Great job! Ty🎨

Wow! I had not seen it presented this way! Thank you!

You make me want to try oil painting now, Michael! Great video and very informative. ❤

Good one. I’d love to see your old master techniques!

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)

Awesome demonstration! Thank you so much for making it!

I loved your technique. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this brilliant video!

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.

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 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 :)

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!

A wonderful tutorial, very well explained and shown visually.

thank you so much. You explanation was so easy to understand and follow.

Amazing tutorial !

Very interesting to watch, thanks for sharing this with us.

that was one of the clearest explanations on you tube that I've heard , thank you

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.

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! ♡

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.

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.

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.

Your tutering is so GREAT . thanx for your generosity...

Excellent video, thank you.

Very interesting. I will keep this video in my favorites file. Thanks Michael for the lesson

I referenced this for my students and they found it extremely helpful. Thank you for the great resource.

Outstanding! I can’t wait to try this!

You have a wonderful, kind voice, and you are concise. Thanks!

Thank you ! Very nice tutorial

Awesome! I learned so much! thank you!

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 started oil painting a bit more then 2 years ago. Glazing has always been one of those things that scared me a little. not anymore after watching your tutorial. great job in explaining

Really informative. I was not understanding a few things and your video made everything clear. Big thanks. I subscribed. 😁

Very educational! Amazing video..

Wow! This cleared up so many questions! Thank you!!

Nice voice, lovely atmosphere....interesting working with colors + good explanaitions ! I really enjoy it !!!!!

Wow! I leave in Iran and l am learning painting on KZfaq. But this was the first time i understand using liquid in glazing. Thank you 🙏

This is wonderful...thank you so much...I very much wanted to learn glazing.

very informative tutorial and without disturbing music: Good work.Thanks

Thank you so much for this video. It really very helpful 👌👌👌

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 🥰🥰

Great tutorial, love glazing you make it very fun

Very nice video, clearly explained. learned a lot.

Very Helpful! especially when you explained how it works for acrylics. Thanks :)

I found this very useful. Thank you.

Excellent! I am trying my oils!

Excellent demo - thank you.

I think this technique is very useful for those of us who struggle with value! Thank you

I found it very useful, thanks!

Thank you for this video. Very interesting and informative.

What an exciting and informative video ,,, thank u so much !