Leonardo learning---glazing

In oil painting, glazing is the use of transparent layer upon layer of paint suspended in a medium (usually linseed oil) that allows for a richness of color and for graduation of tone that you cannot achieve in other ways. Each layer must dry completely before the next can be applied. This method is how maxfield parrish was able to achieve his great color range and his magical blues. It is a time consuming method but it is well worth the effort. An example would be to take a blue and glaze it onto a white panel and let it dry, next you glaze a red on top and you will then have a very RICH purple. If you try to paint a purple direct from the tube or by mixing blue and red together you will never have a satifactory effect, it will be dull. The reason modern art sucks is because there is no attention paid to technique it all slipshod craftsmenship. It is not unlike modern life--so much rubbish.