glazing medium Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/glazing-medium/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:35 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg glazing medium Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/glazing-medium/ 32 32 How to Add Depth when Creating Abstract Mixed Media Florals https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/add-visual-depth/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/add-visual-depth/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:33:42 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=12119 When I started drawing and painting as an adult, it took quite a long time for me to understand the power of creating visual depth. Before that, every time I wanted to highlight a particular element, I added more lines to it and it just looked stiffer and stiffer. When you add depth, your art […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/add-visual-depth/feed/ 6 Flower Art Inspiration from the Students of Floral Fantasies https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/flower-art-inspiration/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/flower-art-inspiration/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:31:50 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=12048 Today, you will see beautiful art from the students of Floral Fantasies in Three Styles! In this online workshop, you play with three different approaches and pick the best from each of them. Week 1 – Designs to Spark the Imagination I think we all have browsed Instagram or Pinterest and found inspiring images from illustrators and […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/flower-art-inspiration/feed/ 6 Painting a Series – How I Managed It! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/painting-a-series/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/painting-a-series/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:28:34 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=11462 I have just finished a series of five flower paintings on canvas. Yesterday, when I was walking back and forth from my studio to the rest of the house, preparing for the photography and the varnishing, I felt both relieved and terrified. I was relieved because nine months of hard work was at the end. I […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/painting-a-series/feed/ 30 Altering a Flower Painting – Inspiration from Vatican Museums https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/altering-flower-painting/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/altering-flower-painting/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:05:56 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=11134 About three weeks ago, I quickly painted a small flower painting while sharing my thoughts about painting softly (see this blog post, which also includes a video). During the past weeks, I have been wondering what to do with the painting.  I thought it could be a little more detailed and tell a bit more […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/altering-flower-painting/feed/ 15 Paint Gentleness – Watch the video! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/paint-gentleness/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/paint-gentleness/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:58:58 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=11007 It’s the time for a video blog post! This week, I talk about gentleness and how you can experience that through a painting technique. I show some basic elements from the old masters painting techniques. In the past, artists painted with oil paints. For acrylic paints, the secret is to use glazing medium for thinning […]

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