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Thanks Patricio it was your encouragement that made me decide to start making videos again

Thank you I will 😊

Thanks I’m really glad it’s helpful. Will be tomorrow

Coming soon

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Hi thanks I’m so glad they have helped! At the moment I use water mixable linseed oil with some walnut alkyd to speed drying, linseed 12 parts - alkyd 1 part roughly. I don’t use any mineral spirits so this medium is ‘fat’ all the way through from first layer to last and won’t crack. I don’t think you have to worry if it’s linseed on top of linseed. It’s when you use thinner layers of mineral spirits on top of linseed that you need to worry. You don’t need to add more linseed as you build layers just keep it the same. That works for me

Hi Dan thanks I don’t know it depends what you define as glazing and for some that might mean only using transparent colours. You could say I’m using so called velaturas which are thin layers, that for simplicity I call glazes, with white or opaque colours added. But it’s all about definition and different interpretations of oil painting techniques. I just try to find something that works in a given painting and don’t like being bound by rules which sometimes feel dogmatic to me. An academic painter encouraged me to use cad red in glazes. In short you can see here that it works fine. Cheers, matt

@@mattharveyart thx so much for taking the time to answer my question so so helpful

Gladfully

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Thanks for watching no worries

Hi thanks so much I’m so happy you enjoyed it ❤️

Thank you yes I could easily spend my life doing this

Ha ha thanks it’s on mattharveyart.com/sculpture

Thank you yes I agree

Thank you more on the way ❤️

Thanks so much 🙏🙏

Thanks Kate ❤️❤️

Ha ha thanks I don’t really know about these things. I didn’t even know there was music on there! I’m so happy it helped.

Hi Patricio I find working with blacks difficult but they work well as underpainting or even in glazes for shadows in hair. You could try mixing them with crimson as I was advised by an academic painter. This definitely deepens their effect. Burnt umber with a ultramarine blue makes a nice deep black . It all depends on context. I think blacks showing through further glazes are very beautiful. I like ivory black personally and I don’t use others. I don’t know how to post an image here but I’ve got one showing this glazing and will put it in my Instagram @mattharveyart

@mattharveyart ok I want to learn glazing, I am not very impressed or fan of a la prima.i think Verdaccio or grisaille make paintings amazing.

Thanks so much, you inspired me to open my patreon and start making videos again. I simply didn’t have time before, not being paid and having to work elsewhere. But I’ve been thinking about it for a while. I have some good content on the way.

@mattharveyart let me know.for some reason your youtube has mo subscribe option.

Hi thanks for asking. I use glazes of half pastes for the lights as they brighten lights in the same way darker glazes deepen shadows. Im very sceptical about anyone talking of ‘rules’ in art or painting, there are no rules, only painting, so I don’t like it when people say these kinds of statements. Picasso said you can’t teach technique. What does that mean? I think it means we all have our own unique sensibilities and we can express them more fully when we are not bound by rules. My half pastes (colour mixed with white) can be more or less opaque depending on the painting I’m doing. I really like the way I can brighten lights by going over them with glazes of half pastes, up to pure white if necessary, even to 100% opacity sometimes. It all depends on the needs of a particular painting

@@mattharveyart agreed you do what fits your art

I use linseed oil only

Thank you

Thank you yes me too. sorry for the late reply

Hi I started using transparent colours then began mixing half pastes with white. You can see this with me talking on my other videos. Happy painting!

Thanks yes I know it needs improvement. It would be great if you could post a video showing how it’s done, I was just trying to work it out.

That’s just an acrylic wash in burnt umber with a household brush

I’ve started making videos again 🙏

Hi thank you that’s interesting. I have not read that but you’re right that would create a more realistic effect