Glazing is painting over an area that has been painted and allow to dry in order to darken the value or raise or lower the temperature. The consistancy needs to be a little on the thin side to allow the color underneath to show through. Also use a brush large enough to allow the least amount of strokes on the given area. Do not over work or lots of brush strokes will appear.
Of the primary colors Red and Yellow are warm and Blue is cool. If Blue is ixpart of a mixture a dominance of it will make a cool mixture. (Cool green or cool purple for example). If in a corner of your painting a warm area is attracting too much attention you can "kill" it back by glazing with a pale blue. Glaze once with a minimum of overlapping and allow to dry. If this is not cool enough, repeat.
If a section of your background is a bit bland you can perk it up with a glaze of warm (Yellow or Red). Once you've improved an area in this way yo will begin to see other opportunities.
When painting early on, watercolor dries 30% lighter in value, if this happens, glaze with the same pigment or mixture as the first wash. The result will be darker. Repeat if necessary.
I hope this helps with the glazing technique. Be sure to practice on test sheets to perfect this technique.
To teach people how easy it is to become a watercolor artist. Over the course of time I will be discussing the materials, techniques, basic color mixing using my magic palette and printed material. I will also be offering online classes available to the public in the future.
