GLAZING METHODS ARE OFTEN SHROUDED in myth and mystery because most artists think of them as very complex and made of many layers. The reality is that most glazing procedures are surprisingly simple. The magic comes in what the artist does with them.
This portrait demonstration is based upon one of the most simple and direct glazing methods. Late 16th-century painters such as El Greco are the role models for the approach in this demonstration. Among other elements of his aesthetic approach, El Greco creates a mostly Alla Prima, boldly painted, true grisaille underpainting in black and white on brown or grey ground. Many artists interchange the term grisaille with a painting in
