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Old 03-26-2002, 12:09 AM   #6
Joan Breckwoldt Joan Breckwoldt is offline
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Glazing

Here is my big question with glazes that I need help with. After the underpainting let's say I'm going to work on the face. Do I glaze with a flesh color? Then after that is dry, how would I get a pink color into the cheek? I am used to blending it all while it's still wet. How does one get the glazes to look so blended? Same goes for the shadow area, how is that 'blended' into the medium tone?

I hope I am explaining this so my question in understandable. I have painted my daughter and an art teacher (last semester) told me I should add some glazes to change the color.

Perhaps a glaze is ONE layer but consisting of different colors on different areas of the canvas?
I don't have a digital camera to post my painting, if I can get my scanner to work then I'll post the painting of my daughter in it's unfinished stage.

Thank you all for any help,
Joan
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