Oil Painting Glazing - Made Easy 

great demo Stuart, and the "hanging out with you" atmosphere is fantastic, too.

Is this actually glazing? I always thought of glazing as a very transparent layer that's tinting the color like a photo filter, so almost no color. I feel like what you did here is simply painting the final layer of oil paints, although you wiped off quite a lot of the paint which kind of makes it a non-standard step. In any case I appreciate the video as I was very inspired and learnt some things. You are a way more competent painter than I am, so I'm in no way trying to correct or criticize you, these are just my thoughts.

I am totally mesmerised watching your painting come to life with your expert use of decorator's brushes and kitchen towels. I'm not a landscape lover at all, but you have inspired me to do some. Thank you Stuart. Looking forward to your next video.

I really enjoy, not only your teaching, but your humor. Love the results!

I love the phrase “ think about painting as visual poetry” and a lovely way of glazing.

Stewart-No POP or T sounds-perfectly clear audio here in Mexico!

Stuart, these are magnificent! Thank you for doing this video. I learned, as I always do, a great deal. Looking forward to the next one!❤️💙❤️

I had a wonderful art teacher in high school. He was a bit weird but I learned so much from him. He enter two of my junior year pieces in the state exhibitions. One took 2nd prize and the the other took 1st. Because I was in school and they were entered in a state contest, they became property of the state when I won. I did get the trophy and the ribbons. The one thing I still use to this day, I graduated before the normal age in 1967, is he told me when I was not sure of the color or balance of a painting, drawing or whatever I was working on to turn it upside down. Stand back and look at it and you will see immediately what is not correct or out of sorts. It also gives you proportions on objects. That is such a priceless wonderful tool that I have used for 55 years. Just a suggestion because I know you are the teacher but it is a tool that always worked for me. I had that teacher for 3 years and every time I paint a painting or draw a picture I turn it upside down to check it and hear him telling me, "you can now see your mistakes or victories." I could not afford to go to art school so I have always been more than appreciative of those who took the time to teach me some of what they knew. You are now one of those respected people. Thank you again.

WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS. I ALMOST FAINTED WHEN YOU SLAPPED THAT MUCH RED ON THE FIRST PAINTING, BUT IT TURNED OUT SO BEAUTIFUL AND LUMINOUS. BRAVO!!!

Great video as always, Stuart! Re: warping, my college art instructor suggested we first coat the back of the board with gesso. That way, it greatly reduced the chance of warping. It offsets the curl that would normally occur without doing this first. Just a suggestion. It does work. I've done it many times. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills. BTW, your skies are amazing!!!

I was about to give up on finding a good glazing technique and I finally found you! This video is Gold. Thank you for sharing your expertise.❤

great tutorial! definitely cleared things up. really informative, a+

Spectacular! Thank you so much. You've shown me how to do exactly the thing I've been puzzling over and it has produced a beautiful result just as I've imagined it. I hope this isn't a rediculous question: Could you demonstrate how to create a rainbow, please? I really enjoy your chanel, your coversation and your instruction. By the way... your accent is actually quite pleasant without being distracting. You're much better at this than you credit yourself for.

Breath taking scene! I wish I could make my landscapes tell a story like yours does. Your style is fascinating as well, and you convey a sense of kindness and wisdom that can bring light to a dark day.

Thank you, Stuart, for demonstrating. I will try glazing in the future. I need to learn to relax.

Yes, I have learnt a lot from David Dunlop's lessons.

I’m brand new to oil painting and think of glazing as applying a filter similar to photo editing options on Instagram. Sometimes you don’t want a glaze. Sometimes you do and it really adds so much to the original. Like fine tuning. Another great video full of encouragement thank you!

to avoid getting trapped into seeing the detail, years ago I made a frame of proportionate size to the canvas, that had a sheet of acetate with acrylic gel smeared over it. so the view of the landscape was reduced to tonal blocks, kind of a similar effect to looking through distorted glass.

Wow, I thought 'glazing' was going to be something quite difficult...turned out to be the opposite! Thank you for teaching. Waiting for pay day to buy oil paints and then I will be following (painting) along with you and hopefully join you this year sometime (2021). Are you in southern France? I was in Southern Bordeaux in 2005 for a friends wedding. Now I'm going on to your 'Painting Water' video.

I don't use paint thinners or turpentine either. I don't use acrylic as well never cared for it. Besides oil holds it value unlike acrylic.And oil paintings. last for many many years Oil is my medium.and always will.love your style.you are down to earth and and don't try to flashy like some of these other you tube artists and much more talented.

Sooooo relaxing watching, listening & learning. I didn't think the painting could look any better really until you started glazing. Takes it to another level. I've said it before and I'll say it again, truly inspiring.

Thank you so much for doing such informative videos! I not only learned about painting, composition, etc. - but I've learned (finally) how to use RU-vid so I can follow and get notifications from my favorite artists.

incredible painting technique... beautiful visual and a couple more word's!! Thanks for the lesson's..very good teaching, keeps me mesmerized!

Lovely. You cleared a lot of my questions up with this tutorial.

When you are putting on the glaze, it gives a more brilliant colour to the painting. One cannot get that when painting with acrylics. So I am seriously thinking of going into oils soon. Thank you for posting. Enjoyed watching you paint. Thank you again.

Mr. Davies, thank you for sharing your wisdom, knowledge and it's an absolute pleasure. I had searched long and hard for instruction and you sir, are an amazing mentor.

Thank for the great demo on glazing techniques. Are there special paints that you need to glaze with? I know some or opaque and others transparent. Does it matter? Thanks

Very informative. Great video!

Wow when you first started slapping the red on, I was cringing, but then you just keep working at it (with paper towels) and out jumps a beautiful painting

Beautiful Stuart! Excellent and helpful techniques. Thank you!!

Warm and dramatic result. Like the size of board. Thank u very much

I want to Thank you. I have been an artist all of my life, I am 53 now and watching your videos has helped me more than any teacher or books. I place high value on your advice and watching you paint is like being in the presence of the old masters. Your instruction is priceless and should be sought out by all artists nomater how good they think that they are. Thank you my friend.

I love your voice and your art

Thanks so much for another very informative lesson. I can’t wait to try this...your style is quite mesmerizing. So enjoyable to immerse myself into your videos. Very helpful to me to be told to relax and to walk away after 20 minutes and then return. I’ve never heard that before. You’re a wonderful teacher. Keep them coming!

Hi Stuart - great instructive video. I don't know if anyone else has mentioned - the standard way of reducing warpage on thin boards is to paint both sides - obviously the back can be coated with cheap paint rather than gesso. Cheers Terry

I absolutely love this man. He has a dry humor and simple but oh so helpful sense. His is charming and I love his work. He has given me so much help. Keep up this great help and work. I’d

Thank you so much for your generosity!

Thank you so much for this enjoyable and informative video! I am mainly an en plein air watercolor painter, and want to get back into oils. This has helped I believe!

Bravo! Your paintings are extraordinarily beautiful and harmonious. Thank you so much for this amazing and educational video on oil painting techniques and demonstration of how you paint landscapes with magnificent. ❤❤❤❤❤xxxx

Yes, I watched to the end.

I just love your videos. I always watch all the way thru and most times watch again! I look forward to the next one. From Ohio USA. By the way, I follow David Dunlop s well. I live near where he went to art college and have talked to him via Facebook and he was very kind. Thank you for taking the time to do this work; it’s very important and you are an inspiration.

Thanks Mr. Davies! I like the blue shop towels.

Thank you for the video - it is a pleasure to watch, and I think you give us so many useful hints. Greetings from Sweden!

Stuart, pleaseay I may make a suggestion? Please could you photograph the painting BEFORE. THEN AFTER. SIDE by side at the end to allow the two to have time to compare. Appreciate + enjoy differences. Thanks.

This is absolutely mind blowing use of glazing! I feel challenged and enabled to try a different level! Thank you !!!

Thank you for this. I’ve googled "oil painting glaze" and found very little that was helpful. This was perfect. By the way, I downloaded the Kindle version of "Saxon" and read it all in one big gulp. Figured out whodunnit but it didn’t detract from the suspense. Enjoyed it very much. Now...is there a book 2?

Great video. "Kitchen towels" is funny to me, over here we just call them paper towels. But you're right, there is a big difference in quality. Best brand for painting is Veva, almost like cloth. Or the blue shop towels you can at AutoZone. Cheers my friend, very inspiring 👍

Oh horrors! You can't call misting hazing. Colleges are cutting out fraternity hazing.

One could say that you are making very skilled, intuitive artwork. You are following the flow. And the results are stunning. I like the glazing technique, and it looks easy when you are doing it. Maybe it is :-)

Do you varnish a finished oil painting after glazing it?

Very much enjoyed watching you paint. Different and exciting. Thank you!!!

Stewart, at your suggestion I just watched David Dunlop glazing, like yourself great artist, very entertaining and the man is a walking encyclopaedia. Thank you.

I m watching ur video right now, still at 4’:30”. Have to say, to me u r a YOUNG artist because I look at ur production, u look great...as I might add.

You are so generous with your knowledge, i love glazing its one of my fav parts so fascinating to watch you. Great video!

Loved the demo. Listening to you chat is so relaxing...amazing paintings you produce. Stuart have you ever heard of someone using baby oil with their oil paints rather than the norm? I dont have experience with oils yet but I really think that your style of painting would suit me....my memory is also somewhat like yours....and I tend to be an intuitive person..my acrylics come out better when I paint this way (intuitively rather than following demos step by step)...I'm 53 and have only been painting a year this coming may. I try to paint every day...just smaller canvases...much smaller!! Oh and I'm not sure I'm very good either! But it makes me happy and helps me deal with chronic pain.

I just came across your channel and what a great video! I am new to oils and always thought of glazes as being transparent so this was very interesting. Thank you!

Ii learn so much watching you..and also what you talk about painting.. TY..i love this overlay of red in thesky..

Before glazing do you spray your dried painting with a retouch varnish? Or once dry will the glaze be easy to wipe off and not damage underneath layer because of the linseed oil?

This became a way of fixing things for me without knowing anything but correcting my mistakes! I could not paint without doing this and not bragging but my paintings do sell.

Many many thanks for this super video! Using japanese red in glazing get so interesting result, absolutely amazing!!!

I thank you .you make me want to paint.I have just watched your paint on glazing.I my god. Your painting when you finished was beautifull.with two colours.you turned a very good painting.in to a beautiful painting.thank you I can't wait to try on one of my Owen.thank you.

Could you change this video into a translatable one please mister? I'm french... thank you.

I think I've found a solution for my clouds painting I never allow the painting to dry and also I don't use the expensive tubes yet. So that's another problem ok Thank you again for your information

Great video! A painterly poet, indicate to show it. I started as a follower, but then a little corny joke made me a believer. haha. I very much prefer watching a video from start to end, I look forward to more! cheers!

3rd time watching. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have learned so much!

Shocked me silly when you put that glaze on, absolutely love it ! I will be more daring in the future

Great watching you do this. I will have to try it. I think I have some old oil painting around her some where. I"m going to have to dig one out and have a go. Thanks for the video Stuart.

Thank you so much, can you please if its possible say more about how to mix colour for skin tone,and which kind of wood the best for oil paint For ages please Kind regards

Words are superfluous, Stuart, when it comes to your work and your presentation. I enjoy every video and wait impatiently for the next.

Hello, from Costa Rica. I love this dramatics skies. Thank you.

Very. Lovely as always 🌷🦋

You have taken a great painting and ruined it to make it much better several times. A great and scarry video with fantastic results. Thank you very much for sharing.

it's so magic painting

I love that 'turn your mistake into something worth looking at' that is a wonderful lesson. I am so binging on your video's at the moment as so inspiring thank you.

Really nice. I've just become a Stuart Davies addict.

I have watched videos that talk about transparent paints versus opaque paints and to use only transparent colors. How do you know the difference between a transparent color versus an opaque color?

They look beautiful. Is glazing here the same as varnishing? The step to protect the painting?

Your carefree painting over the dry layer is motivational. At first, it made me gasp. Lol you inspire me to be more loose and realize I cannot 'break' my painting. I am going to chuck the paint on today!

Amazingly helpful! What is the ratio of paint and oil for glazing? Thank you!

I always worry about your health when I see you using your fingers with the paint. Hopefully, the paint is not dangerous for you.

I TRIED USING YOUR TECHNIQUE TOMAKE A MISTY HAZE ON ONE OF MY PAINTINGS THAT BROUGHT IT TO LIFE INA WAY I COULD NOT GET USING REGULAR PAINTING TECHNIQUES...THANK YOU..

painting the back of the panel will prevent any warping, just use any old paint you have hanging around

Very nice tecnic, only thing I noticed , you only work with one color, dark and light , very good work , thanks to share , your art with us.

I’ve learned so much from your videos.. Thank you!

would a board warp less if both sides get a layer of gesso? Or is gesso on both sides simply a step which is useless?

Love the demo but unfortunately the colors do not post as you announce them. It seems that the yellow ochre appears on my screen as magenta. You have such a nice personality and the fact that you are so relaxed comes through very well.

An absolute pleasure to listen to ; you sound a bit like Bill Nighy ! .Your relaxed attitude is soothing to the senses

Hello Stuart. Rebecca here from the art group. Good to see you. Great video!

Thank you for raised volume !

Thank you sir. I am your new subscriber 👍🙏🙏🇺🇸

Hermoso paisaje mi amigo excelente enseñanza también!

Watching again. Quite striking after the changes you made.

How long did it take for the original painting to dry please? Love your videos

I am brand new to oil painting and you have given me so much in just a few videos that I watched. I can't wait to watch more.

Wonderful tutorial full of information that is easy to understand...😊

you are more than amazing really i have tried your technique and it works perfectly on my canvas

Love the glazing technique, I will try it next week.

guys u must see those videos its like a free hand work u will laugh at start but u will be amazed by the End and u will learn a lot for sure

This was a magnificent experience.. it’s the first time I discover your channel and it was pure delight to watch you painting and listening to you speaking.. these artistic advises are gold, especially the one regarding “mind attitude”.. your voice sounds just like Ian McKellen’s with this beautiful British way of talking.. thank you.. keep making such great videos please and best of luck.. new subscriber here and always commenter 🎉

You are litle crazy...I love that...thanks for that