Dave from USArtQuest asked two questions, “What do you use glaze for? Why can’t you just use regular paint and thin it with water?”

Like Perfect Pigment Paint, Perfect Glazes are acrylic.  However, there are enormous differences in performance.

Perfect Glaze come in ‘patina’ finish colors – such as Verde Gris, Rust and Oxidation finishes.  Each of these have a beautiful transparency, that when blended, have the real look of that particular patina. The clear Glaze, when mixed with standard acrylic paints, such as Perfect Pigment, provides that same transparency in whatever color you want.  Most importantly either the colored and clear glaze sloooooow down the drying time considerably, so that you can manipulate the paint for faux finishing and color layering/blending.  The finish is beautiful.  Mixing acrylics with water do not provide the transparency, the extended drying time, or the finish.

While I mostly use the glazes for altered art and vintage looks in everyday art and cardmaking, as you’ll see here, this armoire has been glazed using Perfect Glaze – whitewash & sepia, and then overpainted (grapes/vines)  using the Perfect Pigment Acrylic Paints.

I use this armoire to house my antique bags and personal treasures.