Demonstrating one of the ways that I use the old master oil painting technique of glazing to increase the contrast in my self portrait. This video comes from my Patreon. For more in depth lessons visit: patreon.com/nicthurman
Technically, this is not glazing its just smearing paint and wiping it off. Glazing is the process of using transparent paint which allows light to pass through the glazed layer , bounce off of the underlying layers and back at the viewer which creates a richer glowing color. This is not glazing because it does not produce that effect.
Wow, that does look scary, but because you said wipe out and sand back if needed...I will try it! Very interesting and it does unify! I understand how light reflecting and directional impasto highlights will achieve the Rembrandt effect! I am learning to be bold and playful with the paint! I love your portraiture! I like many styles and want to learn them all!
I Love this effect its looks so golden This shimmer and movement in the picture is fantastic, as if kissed by light. You look a little like the old master from Germany Albrecht Dürer. :) greetings from Germany
Nic,thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge,God bless you! Can I ask you if glazing is a kind of final touch,or you can continue working after glazing,or doesnt make sense as you loose the effects if you paint on top of it,maybe just few refinement as high lights?
Hi…. New to your channel. Hope you don’t mind me asking a couple of questions please. Were you using the Zorn palette or a more transparent one… say one with Burnt/raw Sienna or transparent red oxide for better translucency? Will you go all the way with the same pigments or intercalating transparency and opacity like a more venetian approach?
I assume you're using what looks like an opaque brown because you want the values of the darks to remain lighter than the Rembrandt reference? Wouldn't a brown made from say Transparent Oxide Red with a tiny bit of Ultramarine Blue give you a dark brown that is already more transparent for glazing as well as darker for the deepest shadows? Or TOR with Prussian Blue for a faster drying glaze, or alizarin/indian Yellow/phthalo blue for a slower drying glaze.