Glazing
Some pigments are transparent and with a suitable medium can be glazed over dry paint to modify the colour beneath.
This transcription of a Daumier painting was completed using acrylic as a tonal under-painting with oil colours glazed over the top using the stand oil medium listed below..
This is just one approach ( monochromatic tonal work + glaze). Transparent and mixed (opaque paint + glazes) methods of painting produce a great variety of surface and colour variation and are seen more commonly in painting before Impressionism.
Pigments
Transparent pigments are usually marked with a symbol by manufacturers. There are many available. Some common ones:
Red Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Rose
Orange Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber
Yellow Raw Sienna
Green Viridian
Blue Cobalt, Ultramarine and Pthalo blue.
Violet Cobalt Violet
Glaze media
Alkyd media ( such as Liquin) can be used + premixed media are available
It is easy to make your own:
Stand oil (1 part) or Sun Thickened Linseed Oil (2 parts)
Turpentine (1 part) Turpentine (4 parts)
Damar Varnish (1 part) Damar Varnish (4 parts)
Venice Turpentine (1 parts)
More information
Eastlake, Maroger Doerner and Laurie are writers to read if you want to know more.
‘The Artists Handbook of Materials and Techniques’ ( Mayer, Faber & Faber) is useful here
Some pigments are transparent and with a suitable medium can be glazed over dry paint to modify the colour beneath.
This transcription of a Daumier painting was completed using acrylic as a tonal under-painting with oil colours glazed over the top using the stand oil medium listed below..
This is just one approach ( monochromatic tonal work + glaze). Transparent and mixed (opaque paint + glazes) methods of painting produce a great variety of surface and colour variation and are seen more commonly in painting before Impressionism.
Pigments
Transparent pigments are usually marked with a symbol by manufacturers. There are many available. Some common ones:
Red Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Rose
Orange Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber
Yellow Raw Sienna
Green Viridian
Blue Cobalt, Ultramarine and Pthalo blue.
Violet Cobalt Violet
Glaze media
Alkyd media ( such as Liquin) can be used + premixed media are available
It is easy to make your own:
Stand oil (1 part) or Sun Thickened Linseed Oil (2 parts)
Turpentine (1 part) Turpentine (4 parts)
Damar Varnish (1 part) Damar Varnish (4 parts)
Venice Turpentine (1 parts)
More information
Eastlake, Maroger Doerner and Laurie are writers to read if you want to know more.
‘The Artists Handbook of Materials and Techniques’ ( Mayer, Faber & Faber) is useful here