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    An affinity with acrylics

    Aug 06, 2021 3 minutes

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    ■ Practise the glazing technique using acrylics

    ■ How to work with glaze medium

    ■ Follow a step-by-step acrylic process

    This month we discover a useful technique for acrylic painting, called glazing. This is when we apply a layer, or multiple layers, of transparent colour over an existing part of a painting. The initial marks remain visible, but the colour is modified. The effect is similar to thin washes of colour in watercolour, but the colour is usually stronger with

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