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How To Glaze Your Acrylic Paintings

Hey Friends!

I wanted to share a little bit about glazing. It’s a question that I get asked a lot when it comes to painting, so we’re going to talk briefly about what supplies you need to do a glaze and why you would want to do one in the first place.

Glazing is a powerful technique and can be use...

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What Product Do You Recommend for Glazes?

In our recent VLOGĀ on YouTubeĀ you can see how I did a glaze over a painting and used Golden fluid acrylicsĀ (jump ahead to 5 minutes and 24 seconds to see how I do this) which is a great product to do glazes. Now this wasn't a step by step tutorial, so I thought I'd explain a little bit more here.

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What Type of Varnish Do You Use?

What type of varnish do you use on your paintings? Gloss or matte or a combination of both? Any advice on the application?

I have a couple of different kinds of varnish that I use. For smaller works, I use the paint-on kind that you’d apply with a brush or a roller or a spray varnish that I use on ...

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What is the Best Way to Package Artwork for Shipping?

There are lots of ways to package and ship paintings but this is what works for us!

These are the supplies you need to get started:

tools for packaging paintings

1. Foam Wrap - This is to protect the painting, especially the corners which are easily damaged in shipping.Ā 

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