The wall Oberon river

Oh yes: I like that!

Works really well on the water.

Raymond I understand the term "glazes" in water colour, but not in oils. Do you mean varnish???/

Smashing painting - glazing perfect for water, glass etc. Patience you have with oil. At least with acrylic I do not have to wait the drying time before applying. Are you using Alkyd?

Sylivia, Glazing is a term that, so far as I recall, watercolourists derived from oil painters, and just means one or more (perhaps many more) coats of transparent colour over previously applied and dried layers; have trouble distinguishing what watercolourists mean by the term, to be frank, since I don't know what's wrong with the word "wash" .... I know what people mean by having to have patience for this technique, but it doesn't take THAT long for oil paint to dry, especially if it's not awash with Linseed oil. This would be more true of a large painting, worked on over several days (or, as Raymond has been doing, left for a week or two and then revisited - a good idea, because oil paint seems to mature even as you work on it).

Have not tried glazing yet, but looks superb, great painting too.

Thanks for posting this. That water really shines with depth. The tones you have used are quite close together but the lighting you have achieved means the image is easily read. I admire your rocks, I finished a rocky shoreline picture recently, and I found it tricky to describe the strength in the rock without fiddling and overegging it. I think you have done that here. Super.

This painting was really large, and although the glazing process worked well, I had to test the colour base a number of times on seperate surfaces to ensure it was the right colour, before I applied it to the painting. Because the painting was so large, I had to apply the glaze in stages, ensuring that I achieved a constant flow of colour throughout. Takes time, but the final result was well worth it.