Basic technique

1. Give your painting a barrier coat of Clear Glaze Medium. Dry Well. As you become more experienced you omit this step. This gives you the option of taking off the glaze colours if you aren’t happy, i.e. if you get them too heavy or the wrong colour.
2. Brush a thin layer of Retarder medium over the whole area.
3. A largish flat is good for glazing touch brush into the Retarder to condition then corner load and blend back and forth on your project before proceeding to the project. Not to much Retarder. Keep the colour quiet strong.
4. Apply glaze along a seam, a crevasse, and a special detail or edge first. Work only a small area at a time. You can use a mop brush to soften any hard edges. Clean the mop brush frequently on a dry towel. Don't immerse the mop brush in water at anytime during this technique.
5. Colours will dull off but come back to life when you varnish.
6. Glazes like this can be use to increase shading or enhance highlights. You don’t always need to use colours such as Burnt Umber, how about Burgundy plus a touch of Carbon Black or Prussian Blue plus black or Paynes Grey. Some may prefer something as exciting as Diox. Purple, Trans. Magneta or any of the brighter Yellow colours.

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