GLAZING - Old Masters Secrets and Modern Techniques - Oil Painting Tutorial

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks for watching everyone, don't forget to leave a like and subscribe for more tutorials and art every week. Joy and inspiration to you all my friends!

[@danielboshier1465]

Thank you Florent, I value your insights and lessons greatly. Always gives me that extra push to lay out colour and get my brushes out.

[@philbrink1054]

Florent, have you had a chance to read "Glazing: With emphasis on the craft of painting" by Michael Wilcox. Your video pairs with it very well as an conceptual explanation of the technical aspects he detailed.

[@wahibacheribet4537]

I love painting, it's my favorite hobby, I want to learn more about it, can you help me please 🥺

[@wahibacheribet4537]

I love painting , it's my favorite hobby, and I want to learn more

[@raisingtheconch6730]

Florent this technique is the answer to the impasse of recent as I have laid down an acrylic underpainting but want to build of tones and colours of a brightly lit angel lighting a house as the focus and subject surrounded by a dark neighbourhood. Im seeking a tenebres effect of strong contrast, but want built up colours for the home. Any tips on the transparent angel?

[@marcblur9055]

For those who'd like to read an in depth work on chemistry, pigments and the history of paint & color, Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color by Philip Ball is an incredibly good book.

[@mcdonalds1499]

thank you

[@rafaelmartinsdecastro7641]

My gosh, for someone not educated in painting, like myself, this has been extremely accessible and informative. Thanks a lot!

[@catharinegriffin2507]

Thank you for your expertise on glazing and for your generous spirit that contributes to the art efforts of others. Well done and well received.!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you very much!

[@danielalvarez-arevalo688]

The glass test over a color is a nice idea. I do more of direct painting, but this way to approach layers has me interested in trying glazing again.

[@fiddlepeg]

This is extremely helpful, and I’m so grateful to you for providing such in-depth expert advice. You’re an amazing artist and an equally great teacher. Thank you!!!

[@jazw4649]

Glazing in acrylic, Golden Gloss Glazing Medium is fantastic stuff! I like it a lot more than a matte medium, it really seems to make the colours sing. I've heard also of mixing Golden GAC 500 and GAC 100 and using this to wet your brush instead of water for acrylic paint - David Langevin

[@sq5]

Thank you for the tip!

[@saltlifegull4091]

Great tip! Thanks.

[@kevinhawley403]

thank you so much for your in depth detail of not only HOW to do something, but WHY it works and WHERE it can be applied. You're one of about 3 people that has accelerated my quality of my oil painting in my first year at it. much appreciated for the time you put into this!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks, Kevin. Glad my work can be helpful 🙂 🎨👍

[@fayee8986]

Thank you so much! Amazing teaching! Your video was the most ever easy understood on glazing! I watch was told the most important and valuable thing that you could ever say to anybody is, God bless you, so I say to you, God bless you!

[@richlovato]

A wealth of information, thanks so much Florent.

[@Dita66]

Thanks for this video. I have learned, from the brand Royal Talens, I was in this factory for masterclasses, that when you do an underpainting with acrylic and you do oil on top, the best way is not using white acrylic paint but instead the white Gesso (primer) therefore your oilpaint has a better grip (sticking on) in the paint.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks for sharing! Never thought about this but it makes sense !

[@linusmeidinger7968]

I use an isolation layer over the acryl

[@Dita66]

@@linusmeidinger7968 what sort of isolation. Because when is the same as acrylic (plastic) oilpaint has not a very great base to stick on.

[@somipax]

@@linusmeidinger7968 do you mean you use a binding medium? and what kind of medium do use between the layers(name please)? Thanks in advance:)

[@40bdg]

@@linusmeidinger7968 What do you use for the isolation layer?

[@Chillwell2011]

This is one of very few good presentations on glazing techniques. I use glazing a lot and recommend trying it if you have never done so. It can give amazing depth and rich shadows that do not appear flat which is often the case if an opaque dark is applied. Thanks Florent for a great presentation!

[@Karlamelka]

I've never done glazing and I would have one question - if I want to glaze in multiple layers, how do I follow fat over lean?

[@philiptownsend4026]

That was an excellent in depth tutorial with new knowledge for me. I found it to be thought provoking and my brain is now whirring with ideas.

[@kentjensen4504]

Mr Farges, you are GREAT!

[@juliafreiseisen3214]

Thank you for all the information. The way you explain and teach has something very calming and and friendly to it. Thanks for sharing!

[@roxiecastro8764]

Thanks!

[@kirstenthomas.2757]

so happy to have found this very clear video on glazing. I admit, I am completely new to oils...on my first painting, and really wanted to try some glazing. I really appreciated it. thank you!

[@yukoroyston7449]

This video is so far the best! Thank you for sharing your knowledge generously!

[@annickfornos9994]

Thank you Florent for sharing your expertise in a clear, precise and straightforward manner. Your work is beautiful.

[@frifararenanncatrinpetters9849]

I really love your tutoring. I bought the full course and its great. I recomends it. 🖼👍💝🎨

[@rainerleimeroth417]

interesting historical review, thanks!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@marsco2442]

What I personally value about the glazing method is that it forces you to make sure the painting looks good in grayscale (getting the lighting effects right) before really getting into color. Some purists don't like glazing method because the light effect and color are not integral to one another as applied to the canvas. But I look at their paintings, and they have not studied the tonal value and light quality, obsessing over color instead steals all their mental energy. For this reason alone I recommend trying glazing method!

[@philiptownsend4026]

Another aspect is that the twin concerns of value and colour are almost separated which makes for fewer decisions and mistakes at one time. I say "almost" because the glaze will not be entirely transparent and as Florent demonstrated with his sheet filters, two or three glazes of very different colours will darken the value. That needs to be considered but this method of painting is slower, more cerebral, and so gives more time to plan. To achieve a flow of finished paintings it would be necessary to have several on the go at the same time so underpainting and subsequent glazes have time to dry before any given painting can be worked on again but this gives opportunities for more thinking and planning which must be an advantage.

[@jellevanderidder1375]

Great video Florent! A small eye-opener that glazing was also a means of saving costs.

[@allenvoss7977]

Excellent lesson I’ll have to watch this several times.

[@deus911]

I had a pencil sketch on a large canvas and was looking for a way to overpaint it and this video was a great start.

[@johnnyk7480]

Bravo! I will watch it again to learn. Again!

[@shankarkashyap3147]

Thank you for explaining the different techniques of glazing. Very easily understandable.

[@anjatijms49]

Thank you for your inspiring tips and techniques.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

You are so welcome!

[@somipax]

Mr. Florent, merci bq. This was a delight to watch. I love the hybrid tech. as I use acrylics for the moment, but I've learnt a lot from this vid. Thank you so much

[@priscillafletcher4493]

Thank you so much! I’m new to portrait oil painting and it is very challenging.

[@rosemorales3135]

You're a great teacher. I love an art history class from you 👏👏👏👏💙💙💙

[@Lilbitster]

I love your class on color theory! I am continually watching and rewatching it because as I grow in my creative learning, your lessons keep nourishing each step that I take. I love the way you are all ways including great works from art history. Thank you for giving so much back to the creative world. ❤️🎨

[@std01077]

thank you Florent, an awesome explanation!!!! both informative and inspiring!

[@garretmurphy4544]

Wow! You are one of the best teacher online!! Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge…

[@isabelaneves7253]

There are not enoch vídeos about this technique! Thank you for postinho this

[@lastranger]

BEST VIDEO ON GLAZING. THANKS

[@Reb0rta]

Florent your videos are amazing and incredibly clear and informative, thank you so much!!

[@es1653]

Thank you for an extremely informative and interesting video. As always, your videos are fantastic!!!

[@SR24-x6z]

Your explanation is superb ✨ Thanks 🖤🙏

[@bbf838]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@ProfessorBraus]

Great cover of glazing. Thanks!

[@philiptownsend4026]

I have been thinking about buying a course on oil painting or joining an online club to reduce my learning time, but have held off up until now. The reasons are that their: subject matter covers other mediums and I want oil only, presenters are excitable, shouty, and go much too fast for me, presenters accents can be a barrier to comprehension and grate with me, and approach is simplistic. Your subject matter and presentation style overcome the problems I list above, the pace is ideal, accent/voice relaxing, calm and undramatic demeanour aids concentration without distraction. So I am very tempted by your paid-for courses and am about to take a serious look at them.

[@shalnerching9483]

Hello Florent! I was watching another video where the gentleman was giving advice about technique but his rules seemed so absolute and they just annoyed me. Coming back to a Florent Farges vid is very comforting and much more useful. You're a great instructor and your guidance has the perfect kind of flow. Keep up the good work and thank you.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you so much, I appreciate

[@Mr.Laidukas]

Florent, I have not realized the size of painting seen in video "COMPOSITION - 3 RULES " until this moment 12:55 Impressive!

[@marcussparticus8380]

Thank you for this. 👍👌 Pucka.

[@vikisart]

Fantastic! I've found my art teacher. 👍💌

[@chbo682]

This video is terrific. Thanks!

[@CuquiLopezCasas]

very good description of my own process. I agree 100% with the benefits of glazing. definitively the way to go if you want to save on oils. i just want to add that this is not ONLY good for the very realistic figurative work which is historically associated with. also, it helps to have periods of oil-free image making if you are allergic or sensitive to the spirits. saludos!

[@warpedweft9004]

not really. I did a landscape of a local river recently and used several layers of glaze on the virtually still water. It gave the water an amazing depth of colour. I also use it on paintings of flowers and leaves and on still life, with great results.

[@michaelmcewan432]

Very well explained, thanks, keep up all your great work and your utube channel

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks, will do!

[@Rolfs-Royce]

Great video, thanks!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

You're welcome!

[@12DOMIKA]

i adore you !!! you are soooo amazing ! thank you !!!

[@artwithmycoffee]

Great job, thanks for sharing all that.

[@lisapoirier8048]

Parfaite démonstration de filtres 😱j'adore

[@lefthandstory1280]

Awesome friend,great sharing beautiful😃❤️ ..

[@Neorhim]

Best explanations about glazing on KZbin. I wonder if you can work over a glaze with paint, I'm concerned about the « fat over lean » aspect. As far as I know, glazing medium are more fat than straight paint out of the tube. Do you think there can be a problem if you extensively add paint (let say opaque paint) over a glaze? Thank you.

[@robertchilders8698]

Good question ! This is an excellent video ! I've been painting a long time. . didn't know about a " fat medium

[@robertchilders8698]

P.S. Been glazing for years! What a lot of people don't is that you can speed up the drying time with a cobalt solution. But you must beware about the " blueing" effect! Warm temperatures are the best!. . you can overpaint in a very short time!.

[@tamararose9398]

Thank you for this video!

[@chris-terrell-liveactive]

Another excellent video, I've learned a lot from this that I hope to try out before too long.

[@bkt334]

Thank you very much! Awesome!

[@danielle4392]

Hi Florent, great video on glazing thank you !

[@h.r.gerrard2960]

Thank you for your video, very informative and entertaining as per usual. I think you are a wonderful artist and I'm so happy that you share your insights with us. I'm a beginning oil painter and I do look forward to your presentations to better understand the medium. May happiness and success be your constant companions and hopefully not become annoying roommates! (Although I'm sure you could just paint them out!)

[@barneyb7472]

Fantastic info on glazing. The video is really well produced too.

[@mjeffn2]

I paint in the contemporary method of direct mixing and use indirect glazing and scumbling for final adjustments mostly in value, temperature, and sometimes in the hues themselves. For me it’s a final touch process I only do when I think it is needed. Oh, sometimes I’ll use glazing to emphasize broken color too. I don’t use transitional glazing as I avoid over modeling the forms. I painting intuitively as possible and grisaille feels I lose that immediacy. I paint in oil, not acrylic.

[@leticiascpaila]

Que lindo que explicas!! Excelente!!!

[@RangrezKulss]

great information

[@pinkfloydanimals1972]

Thank you for the insights. This is a very useful instructional video. One comment though, you mentioned that chemistry was invented in Europe! Far from the truth, I argue to look up someone like Tapputi, also referred to as Tapputi-Belatekallim, is one of the world's first recorded chemists (woman chemist), a perfume-maker mentioned in a cuneiform tablet dated around 1200 BC in Babylonian.

[@henriquejanuario881]

Great class! Thanks for sharing!

[@BC-sh7en]

very interesting!

[@carleenmejzastrumunderthes4130]

This is very helpful!

[@scottsaloney]

Paint can still be expensive. For the emerging artist, this is an excellent choice

[@kamisama7522]

this is so much info, thanks

[@rachealgetscreative]

You are so helpful!!

[@TocTocTrax]

Thank you! This is very interesting information.

[@olgamosskva5025]

Thank ! It is Greate secets!😇

[@HM-xj3mw]

Thak you so much that was really usefull👌

[@claudeduda3607]

Really interesting thank you

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@deansnipah2895]

I found that glazing leaves a high gloss area on the part of the canvas that you touched up on. How do you fix this especially when viewing the painting from the side? Do you just glaze over the entire canvas and not specific areas?

[@joshuataylor81]

A good gloss varnish should eliminate the partial glossy areas by making the entire surface glossy.

[@robertchilders8698]

I recently descovered"" oiling out" makes a more even sheen. Talking about viewing from the side , you caught my eye! most Paintings go dead , when viewed from the side! Since I paint mainly in glazes, Under the painting, I make a "raised surface" much like embossing. NOT EPASTO!! more like wall sculpturing!?.. using epoxy putty on one eighth , well sealed plywood.. makes a beautiful 3-D effect!. really makes side viewing a new experience! .

[@jamesreed6634]

A painting demonstration from drawing on up underpainting and glazing would have been much more beneficial than a lecture.

[@carrollwilson5169]

Great video, Could you perhaps in a future video, show the amounts of oil paint to medium I wasn’t sure quantities thank you

[@jeanetteporter7471]

This is a fabulous video. I would like to know what medium you are mixing the translucent color with?

[@marinafordyce9911]

Thank you !!

[@hedleysnyman8868]

hi thank you for your videos - always very cool to watch them -- I have a question about white charcoal, I just can't seem to find the right brand - everything I get does not make a nice white mark some don't even make a mark at all :( what brand of white charcoal out there can i buy ?

[@spcfsu1]

Très complet et synthétique, merci ! Est-ce une copie de la Io du Corrège qu'on aperçoit en arrière-plan ? Concernant le medium, on peut donc utiliser un simple "thinner" au lieu du très gras medium à glacis ? Celui-ci pose le problème du gras-sur-maigre, obligeant à ce que la couche suivante soit encore plus saturée en medium à glacis, il me semble ? Donc pour une peinture sur grisaille, un simple medium diluant ne serait-il pas toujours préférable ?

[@jaimehernandelgadoquintero4539]

Gracias desde bogota Colombia

[@nirjharaloy6108]

Hi, very nice explanation in the historical context. Please make a detailed video on Da Vinci's techniques.

[@robertkapler6227]

Overall great video. I would say, however, you do not need to use transparent or semi- transparent paints to make a glaze. You can use opaque paints diluted with some sort of medium.

[@juliettemajot9776]

Thank you so much. Does glazing at the end of a painting, if you are using an alkyd like liquin as your glazing medium, violate the fat over thin rule?

[@ohiorn34]

As always great info. Florent, when will your “Color Theory for Artists” poster be available again? Would love to get one.

[@touchheartyoga]

thank you

[@shreedevart]

Thank you sir 🙏🙏🙏

[@lindamacgregor8039]

Thank you for the informative videos. How long do you need to let the painting dry before applying glazes?

[@hozenaghashiofficial]

Perfect...thank you

[@FlorentFargesarts]

You're welcome!

[@marinapoghosyan9362]

Thank you so much for the lessons! As a beginner I have a question. Can we do some changes after glazing, for example add highlights ?

[@timothyclark3342]

Thankyou

[@sameemnadeem4311]

Hi can you tell me which oil is best for thinning the paint for glazing

[@naly202]

This is why restoration is such a risky process : by trying to clean the grit you may accidentally damage the glazing

[@johntapia6041]

Can you paint a glaze color on clear acrylic or real thin clear sheets of plastic instead of glass?

[@robertchilders8698]

I tried it but it didn't work! However Elmers glue seems to stick the best!. Adding pigment to the glue seems to work! Haven't tried acrylic paint to the glue get, since there both water based! 0:00

[@africo9104]

What medium do you mix with the oil paint. Thanks a lot.

[@sonsoftheedelweiss72]

How many layers of glaze can be applied? Thk u

[@robertchilders8698]

Some of the old masters used 20 or more layers!

[@ThomasJojo]

thanx

[@Blankeyessss]

Can this method be used with water mixable oil paints?