The Power of Glazing

In this demo I go over materials I use for glazing. I show you some different ways to use glazing to create depth and surface, in acrylic paintings.
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[@stephaniegoodenough3341]

I always enjoy your demonstrations. You make these techniques seem achievable and we see exactly how they change a painting. I want to sincerely thank you for sharing your knowledge and joy of creativity.

[@phyllisappleby4182]

Thanks for sharing this. Can’t wait to see your other videos. This was so helpful. I struggle with water and I can’t wait to try your techniques.

[@alisonwatt8570]

Thanks Phyllis- I hope these ideas help you in your water paintings

[@nainisingh100]

WHat a lovely time I had watching your demos! Thank you Alison !

[@barbaramclean9076]

Great information on Glazing Alison! Thanks for sharing.

[@sheripalmer3192]

Wow! This is such a fantastic demonstration! Thank you so much! ❤

[@alisonwatt8570]

you are welcome Sheri!

[@janmaulMansfield5436]

I just discovered your videos. I can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge on techniques, values and saturation. I have learned so much from you just watching this one video. I'm going to go back and watch all of them. I'm going to find you on Facebook as well.

[@alisonwatt8570]

thanks for the comment Jan. Hope to see you in my FB page Artwork Artplay

[@MonnyMonny2]

Thank you for sharing the joy of painting! J really want to try and exploring this tecniques ! Grazie from Italy

[@alisonlyons4691]

Thank you Alison for showing how glazes can work magic for water, going to practise today on a couple of paintings that l hope will come to life with your method......Alioban

[@marionwigzell7334]

A wonderful tutorial Alison. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge (-: Marion 🌸

[@msand43]

This was a fantastic demo - thank you 🙏

[@KathyBrooksArt]

Wonderful and helpful demo. Thank you!

[@kobusvandenbergh3289]

Beautiful, thank you. I like to use cling wrap also for nice texture. Sometimes it looks like water too... Amanda from South Africa

[@zinamecelis5577]

Love these lessons from you, so very informative. Thank you for all your generous time to making these lessons. I will immediately try some techniques in my current piece. Zina from Quebec!

[@jacolineloewen6530]

Thank you. Great teacher.

[@susananielsen8911]

Thanks for your wonderful exploring and sharing😍

[@celebratinglife2828]

I think your brilliant and I enjoy the way your create and teach!

[@bethwalrond9115]

Hi Alison, I enjoyed this video. Even though I have taken many courses with you I learned more and reviewed some facts in this video. I find that I really need to listen carefully to you, because there are little gems of information you you casually deliver. They can be missed if I am not paying attention!

[@alisonwatt8570]

great to know you found this helpful Beth!

[@marievanderwijk2912]

Very informative! Thank you for sharing.

[@seankeepers2833]

I will be re-watching this

[@lucyjones3493]

Thank you! Very helpful!

[@dotrowland9789]

Thank you that was so enlightening

[@korukiwiarts]

Thank you for this excellent tutorial

[@carolynweber8339]

Love your instruction. Love your work!

[@alisonwatt8570]

Thanks Carolyn!

[@ConstantGardener-q9q]

Wonderful video!!

[@margaretmcdonald8029]

Great review. So much useful info as always

[@alisonwatt8570]

glad you find this helpful!

[@MariaMunoz-rz1nz]

Thank you so much 😊

[@jodirankin5901]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@alisonwatt8570]

You're welcome! I hope you find it helpful

[@daivabutrime4131]

Thank you so much for sharing your skills, thats absolutely amazing! Very informative video. I only bought glazing medium to try it out what it does and your video is very inspiring 😊 I was always thinking how artists gets these depth illusions 😁 cant wait to experiment 👌👍 One more time thank you ❤

[@judyhammond3181]

Thank you, that was very informative.

[@alisonwatt8570]

thanks Judy

[@robertwebber8672]

Very useful. As others have said your vids are inspirational. Easy to write, but very much meant. I was heading in the glazing direction and there are a raft of techniques which you have explained here. I am going to attack some of my more vibrant peieces. Also ordering the gum - seems like it might be seriously addictive! Best R

[@alisonwatt8570]

Glad you find this video useful Robert--have fun!

[@Gracematters103]

Hi Alison, Thank you for explaining layering and your openness in sharing your process. I paint mostly with acrylics on canvases/wood panels (both abstract and non-abstract), and it is interesting to learn that you find painting on papers give you those different cropped images. Do you use canvases/wood panels for other purposes? Do you find papers (vs canvases) behave differently or favourably with water medium arts? It seems that papers might have 'added' benefits that I am not aware of.

[@alisonwatt8570]

Hi Grace-- I do like to paint on heavy paper, prepped with gesso on both sides, partly because it can be cropped and loosens up the feeling of needing to build a strong composition in a specific dimension. Also the gessoed (and ungessoed) paper handles water media well. I also paint on wooden cradles canvases.

[@gauthierceline908]

I enjoyed this video and I appreciated the step by step glazing process. Your work is absolutely beautiful! Do you have a step by step video on how you created your water painting which you briefly explained at the end of the video. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!

[@alisonwatt8570]

Hi Celine-- I don't have a full video of the creation of that water painting. It was a long process of layering, but I mostly used the techniques I demonstrate in this video.

[@gauthierceline908]

@@alisonwatt8570 Thank you Alison!

[@katherynsutton9624]

Hi Alison, love your videos!!! I have a question on your finished painting where you use watercolour paper. Once the painting is completed what do you use as a platform to mount it on? Thank you Alison.

[@alisonwatt8570]

You can glue it to a wooden cradle--cut the paper, leaving 1/4" inches all around bigger than the cradle. Apply white glue (or acrylic medium) really well to the cradle--be sure to get it out to all the edges and corners. Place the paper on the cradle, centre it, and weigh it down with heavy books (make sure the weight is applied to the whole thing.) I use bricks in my demo, in the video Cropping, Mounting and Matting.

[@katherynsutton9624]

Thank you Alison😊

[@cindycreateforlife]

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[@debbrown721]

Do you ever use the drawing gum over areas you want to keep as is, before another layer goes on? Love your istructions.

[@alisonwatt8570]

Hi. I often use drawing gum to protect layers underneath. It's important not to keep the paint on top thin or it will be hard to remove the gum

[@debbrown721]

@@alisonwatt8570 thank you for your reply.

[@chelitafreeman6177]

i won't to glaze over water to make it look real.

[@pamlooman8045]

Thank you… so informative..very helpful..