5 Simple Steps to Master Glazing in Acrylics 

Do you use glazing in your work? I'd love to hear some of the tips or tricks you might use in your own paintings!

I would love to see more very detailed videos on your glazing method. Thanks.

Beautiful painting process of the Sun Conure. I used to own one named Boogie Bird, as he loved to dance. I love the easy to follow steps you go through in teaching. Thanks!

This method of painting really speaks to me. I've got to give it a try! Thank you for the demo.

Dear Sir , I was not in search of this depth of information, however, your paintings are simply EXQUISITE !!!!! I am SO fascinated. Thank you !

I think a video about consistency of paint with water and/or glazing medium would be helpful.

I would love to see the difference between glazing mediums vs water! I haven't played around much with glazing mediums as of yet. I'd love to watch you take a crack at it

Thanks you for sharing 🥰🙏

Thank you for such a helpful video! Your cheetah painting looks beautiful with the lights around it!

I recently started using acrylics for the first time and have been struggling. Your video was very informative and extremely helpful, thank you!

This was very helpful and informative. Thank you. Your work is beautiful.

Very helpful - thanks!

Excellent, thanks!

Quick but came away with a lot!

Thank you so much for this tutorial and sharing your work. I'd like to apply what I've learned. I have a Q: what is the difference between these 2? Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid and Liquitex BASICS Matte Fluid Medium? Do they do the same? Can you please have a demo on how to use them? Thank you so much!!! Beautiful work you have!!!

Thank you so much, I love it………❤❤❤❤

thank you very much for this video!!!)

VERY CUTE.

I learnt a lot from this thank you… I don’t feel disappointed anymore about buying some acrylic paints online before I knew anything about the different levels of transparency aspect and I was starting to regret my purchase lol. I would like to paint flowers but wondering if using a different mid tone pastel colour base colour would work in the same way as the grey? Kind regards and thank you from a new sub from Australia🐨🇦🇺💙🎨

Thankyou!!

Ugh, I desperately need to try this. I've never been good at acrylics, but I really want to try it. I just can't finance it right now. And I don't know when or if I'll ever be able to. I've always worked in either oils or watercolor, but I never really put my efforts into acrylic and I feel I really missed out.

Thank you so much for this great video! May I ask if your beautiful bird was initially drawn on the canvas with paint or other?

I have learned so much from your videos, thank you. I do have a question or two. Is there a reason you are painting this bird horizontally as opposed to vertically on an easel or wall? Also, at timestamp 1:34 - You start the "Saturated colors glazing step", I didn't catch it the first few times I've watched this, but I noticed this time, after blocking in the under painting with white, you put in shadows in a dark brown/black before adding your colors. If it's not too much trouble, what color(s) did you use for that portion of your under painting and was this also glazed or not. Thanks so much, I really love your work. God Bless.

Do you have any videos on your airbrushing techniques? I’m thinking about getting one and I’m not sure how to use it in acrylic painting. And I can’t find any information on it.

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Did you paint your canvas a light grey before drawing the bird and branch? The white paint in stage 1 shows up more than it would on a white canvas.

Late to the party with this but can this technique be used on paper thats meant for acrylic painting? Or will this affect the better and is it better on a canvas?

New to painting. The language is confusing me. I thought glazing with color was something one did once painting was done.... What i got from this (great) video is to paint transparent base layers then add more opaque layers ......is this core?

Can you make tutorials using liquitex basic acrylic colors to paint wildlife.. because i can afford that brand only and i am unable to figure out how to use those runny thin colors

I struggle to get more than 1 or 2 "lines" with one load of paint. What am I doing wrong. You seem to make a lot of lines without reloading with paint. Please help

Can this method be used in portraits of humans?

What brushes do you use?

Pity about the irritating background music. not needed.

Pls make video on glazing medium versus water so that we can know the better option

Around 1:30 you go from painting white on a stained canvas to an underpainting with deep shadows/ outlines (especially in the tail and wings). Did you glaze in those dark parts or just paint them in? Cool vid!

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I really love your artwork. I definitely think glazing with a pouring medium is so much better than glazing with water though.

top tip: keep two different pots of water, one for washing brushes and one for making the paint more transparent

Fantastic! Thank you for a precise and excellently explained tutorial and demonstration. Your work is beautiful.

Wow 😍😍😍😍😍😍 Sir, you're unstoppable😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 Nice paintings💓💓

Have you ever used Golden High Flow or Fluid paints for glazing?

I actually use a similar technique! Never knew what I was doing precisely. I paint wood with watercolor pencils. Starting from base colors directly on wood, I separate the zones with different tones, just as if I am drawing on paper. Then I add shadows and darker colors. The next step is adding the actual midtones, by putting white acrylics in the right places (all except shadow zones). I adjust the opacity of the white depending on the intensity I want colors to have later. Lighter points will have the fullest white. Then it's up to watercolors: I put them with the pencils and then melt with water. Add multiple layers if needed, but best is at least 2. Final step is adding even more white back again if needed, to give a more 3d effect, and then other colors on top of that if needed. I was kind of making glazing without knowing it and with no tutorial whatsoever? Came up with this technique during years.

I had heard that thinning out acrylics with water too much would not allow the paint to grip and that it could fail and flake or peel later on. Now I have seen videos that show that it is a myth and that it's ok to use the water. Your painting is very beautiful.

Hey love your work. Want to learn to paint wild cats and birds from you. Will you teach ? Thanks.

Best overall video I have ever seen. Thank you so much!

Thank you. Sometimes i put thin glazing and when is wet put some white tissue or folded newspaper to make more interesting texture.

Interesting systematic approach to building up the painting. Thank you.

BEST video ever!!! You broke everything down and simplified it so that it is all very understandable!!

Not only are you a fantastic artist you are also a super trainer! I greatly enjoy how you showed us how to mix the colors and create a 3d painting. I look forward to seeing more of your creative talents. Thank you very much my Friend!

amazing video

Nice video, but failed a bit by not showing realtime closeups of the different painting techniques on the paintings. Whatever closeups we got went by too quickly. Video felt very rushed.

This is genius! Thank you for sharing your process and explaining things very clearly

I would like to hear about glazing mediums compared to using water to glaze.

Been using this technic with my self taught water colour paintings but didn’t know it’s call glazing. I just know it helps to make my painting looks nicer.

This explanation has helped me so much. I can do values fine but I struggle with doing colour and value together right away.

Fantastic!! I think I'll be using glazing more often now. I'll do anything to make realism easier. Thank you!!

Very helpful! Thank you! LOVE your artwork!! :)

THis is soooooo helpful. Thank YOU!!!

Why would you need so many colours?

Dude, id marry you!

Excellent 😊

Nice painting. This bird is called a Sun Conure

Does youre patreon show more step by step paintings? I've been obsessed with youre tiger paintings and would like to master it. Join youre patreon will that help??

I learned some time back not to paint dark and opaque underpainting. All the subtle layers only happen with the light from underneath.