The concept of glazing in reference to decorative and faux painting projects had been something I'd shied away from – on purpose. I know that patience is a virtue, but I like immediate gratification ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acrylics, because they are water-based, can be thinned with water to create transparent washes. But the pigments don’t tend to ...

Dear Debbie: I am learning how to paint with glazes and love the hints of color you get when you add a layer of glaze over color. I'm trying a gingham pattern in the nursery and taping like mad.

Materials Palette, palette knife, brushes, two canvas boards, one primed sheet of paper, acrylic gloss medium, retarder, acrylic paints: titanium white; lamp/ivory black; lemon yellow; iron oxide ...

These gingham stripes are created with two blue glazes, one more transparent than the other. Dear Debbie: I am learning how to paint with glazes and love the hints of colour you get when you add a ...