Normally i do not comment on youtube videos... But i have to say something... i truely believe that you are a gifted artist and every time i look at your paintings i feel like i am in heaven..... which is really strange and interesting at the same time... and i do believe that it has to do with you... i am pretty sure you have a beautiful heart and a pure soul...please allow me to thank you for sharing your beautiful and amazing paintings with us... and i wish you all the best thank you :) regards

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Your comment really brightened my day. Thank you, friend

You are sweet to share things with others at no cost for those who can't afford lessons. Love your work~~~you inspire me and at 65, loss of loved ones is difficult~~but watching videos from those who chose to share, makes my sad heart happy. I'm just learning about abstract using acrylics and it makes me so happy and excited to learn. Thank you and Bless your sweet heart. Warm greetings from Canada!

when I first started varnishing I watched so many videos about it and all gave me the one coat vertical, one coat horizontal and repeat... I ruined so many paintings, then I tried this technique and it was easy and perfect! no streaks, no nothing! I wish I've seen this video before! thanks

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Janell! I'm so glad it was helpful to you. Yeah, I've heard people say that before, but I also find that one direction is best. For gesso, I do like to crisscross the brush strokes to avoid having lines, but I don't think that works for varnish.

thank you! I 5 month as started painting, your all lessons I like best. Easy to understand, you explain everything.....really good!!!

Thanks, Jane, for these varnishing tips! I have my paintings hanging all over the house and now I know how to protect them! 💕

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!!

Thank you for your advice! I am a beginner in this & am loving every minute of it. Thank you for sharing additional information that is needed for the preservation of my paintings. I hope to find more videos by you as I love your instructional method. Thanks again!

Thank you for this lesson on varnishing, much appreciated!

Oh man i didnt even know you were supposed to varnish. I just started painting and posting my paintings. i will definitly look into getting varnish. Especially once i start doing canvases

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

That's ok! There's always something new to learn :)

Thank you for the instructions on varnishing and painting the sides of a canvas. Very helpful.

Thanks for this. I have several paintings and nobody ever said anything about varnishing them before. I'll go back now and varnish the ones I want to keep, so THANK YOU for this tutorial. This is excellent.

This cleared up many questions for me re varnishing. Thanks so much for doing this video. :)

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Barbara Huber You're welcome, Barbara! Thank you for watching

You are so helpful Jane. Thank you for this video!

I’ve just started painting on canvases - and wasn’t sure it needed varnishing. I do now - and I think Matt would be better for me too. I love that painting with the lady in red with umbrella. Given me ideas for future paintings. Thank you!! 💖

Thanks Jane! As always, a great video. (Just varnished 6 paintings) Love painting with you! 🎨

Thank you, Jane. I’m ordering some Liquitex Matte Varnish and will start varnishing my paintings from now on. This was very helpful. 💖🌹

hello jane! thank you for the tips! i have never varnished any of my paintings and i always wondered how to do it,and do it right! thanks to you my questions are now answered! keep the good work!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+με λενε χρηστο Thank you so much! I'm so glad this was helpful to you

Thank you, you answered my questions about varnishing a painting.

Hey Jane, I'm from Brazil, living in Germany, loving your videos! Thanks a lot! More of the gray scaled paintings with a color jumping out like this one, I love this style!

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Thank you for all your beautiful inspiration videos.

By far the best explanation that I've seen thus far. Thank you for this video!

@PaintingwithJane

5 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!!

Thank you Jane! Very helpful! 👍🏻✅🤩

Extremely helpful! You're a star! Thank you!

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

Aaw, thank you so much :)

as always Jane a very informative educational video!!!

Jane, you are amazing with your teaching! Thankyou

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Teresa Cook Thank you so much, Teresa!

You are a wonderful artist and teacher.

Love your work!

Thanks for the very useful video. I appreciate the succinct instruction.

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome, Cay!

Wow thanks. I will now use it on my paintings.

Thank you Jane ! I needed that info. Your the best!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Helen DeNoia Thank you, Helen! I'm glad it's helpful to you :D

ten times more helpful than all the other varnish videos I just tried to watch. haha Thank you!

@PaintingwithJane

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome 💛

Thank you friend so much good lesson💜

Love your work! Thank you for sharing!

@PaintingwithJane

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thank you!

This was very informative, I have done some acrylic painting but wasn't sure about the whole varnishing thing, now it makes sense.

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Val Bisson Good! I'm glad I could help, Val :)

i started painting recently and this helped so much :).

Thank you very much... you sure have painting so much fun.. I have already sold 2.. thank you!!!

You really are a wealth of information thanks for giving me the courage to try.

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Matt Burt Thank you, Matt!! :)

Thank you for sharing the information. I got a lot of tips from your video. I use quite a bit of black in the paintings I have been doing so now know it is important to varnish them.

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Anita DaSilva Good! I'm glad this was helpful, Anita

so simple..thank u!

Dude thank you for this video. You totally helped! Right on. I'm going to give it a shot now. 🤙

You are sharing with your heart. That all matters love you from UAE

Thanks for the advice

This was very helpful...Thank you for all your videos they are very helpful.

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Angi Holdread Thank you, Angi!! And thank you for watching

Very helpful. I had bought Minwax polyurethane to use on my paintings but since I know that Liquitex makes a varnish and they are a paint company, I will buy that and keep the Minwax for other home projects! Thanks a bunch! Pat

Hi Jane...can't wait for your next video! I've been in a slump and couldn't decide what to paint for over a week now. Go figure with all the great videos out there. I'm heading to Phoenix next week so I'm hoping to stop in your town for break...will pop by your gallery to see all the great art you show in the background!!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Cathy Tully That would be so awesome, Cathy!!!

Thank you so much I've used gloss medium and varnish by Liquitex and I love it and I've also used spray but I have to go outsid because of the fumes!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+angela maxwell True, that's a downside of using a spray varnish. I'll try some out soon, though :)

Jane, another great tip video. We all appreciate the information you share.

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Michael

Jane, thanks for sharing !

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+nara ng Thank YOU for watching!

You are the one who has inspired me to go go go learn learn learn THANKS , Wayne G

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Wayne Gibson Wonderful, Wayne!! Never stop :D

Hi Jane.....I truly love your canvas tutorials! Being a beginner, you capture every aspect that I need to know & you make it easy to follow along with that sweet inspiring voice you have! I was wondering if the Mod Podge matte varnish would be okay to use on my first two canvas paintings that I have completed, as that is what I used for my rock painting! Thank you so much for what you do; you are such an inspiration! :)

Thank you Jane!!!!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

I'm so glad I saw this tutorial. I didn't know it was necessary.

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Lisa Butler I'm glad I could help, Lisa :D

Thank you so much

Loved this! So helpful! Thank you

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome, Amanda!!

@amandaritzau2602

8 жыл бұрын

I have a question after checking out my spray varnish I purchased like a month ago... have an acrylic SEALER (spray). Does NOT say varnish ANYWHERE! Is it the same thing? Or did I totally goof and grab the wrong thing? If so what would a sealer be used for? Thank you in advance!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

Amanda Ritzau I'm pretty sure it's the same thing. You should be fine :)

Varnish Varnish Varnish Great info!

Thanks for pointing this out Jane! Answers a lot of questions for sure. ;) Have a great day!

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

You too

Wonderful video!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Gail Bretz Thank you so much, Gail!

Awesome info ... Thanks...!

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Val Sawicki You're welcome, Val :)

You are a good teacher thank you sweetheart.

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Malika

I varnished the only painting I have done that I feel is frame worthy...I used Liquidtex gloss varnish..Oh my...I have student grade paints still and the cardinal was a little flat but the varnish really made a difference......Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you

Merçi de l'aide que vous apporter , j'apprécie beaucoup....

Thanks for sharing Jane! :) Have a wonderful and creative weekend! Hugs

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Mona L You too, sweet Mona

Thanks so much! I am glad you said about how you use the matte varnish on paintings that are darker. I purchased the same varnish you were using and at first thought I should have gotten the gloss. Now I am glad I did not because I will be more likely to do darker paintings myself. :D

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Susan Bishop Great, Susan! I'm so glad this was helpful to you. Yeah, I don't know too many people who like to use gloss for paintings at all. The glare isn't very flattering, lol.

thank you for the info, l had heard about this, thanks once again

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+1000paulineanne Thank you! :D

Thank you...appreciate it :)

Very instructive. Thank you, you told me all that I needed to know in a very productive way ;) New Sub!

@PaintingwithJane

6 жыл бұрын

Excellent! I'm glad I could help :D

I agree with the coments of Haya Yo. Thank you so much.

Thank you !

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Maria Cruz You're welcome! :)

Hi Jane. Love your videos and paintings! You have a great way of making things simple. Can you please advise how best to varnish a painting that has textural elements (eg. Paint mixed with heavy gel mediums for parts of painting). Because of the raised elements in the painting i wonder about how best to varnish and how long to wait for it to cure since it is so thick in areas. Any experience with that? Thanks for your help

very helpful thank you!

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Derick! Thank you for watching :)

@melaniaboghiu2498

6 жыл бұрын

Derick Elsner

As always very informative video. I just learned that I should varnish my paintings and was so glad to have found your video to learn more as to the reason why. One would think it was just to sell more medium varnish, but in reality, it helps to protect your work. Keep up the great work Jane. So what's next on the painting schedule? I need to paint more every day. :)

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Elizabeth Kilbride I know what you mean, Elizabeth! I didn't varnish for a long time. But once I noticed the differences in sheen and oxidization, I understood why varnish was important. I have a creepy, foggy forest coming up next week :D

@ElizabethKilbride

8 жыл бұрын

Cool can't wait

thanks Jane

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+Toni Raibick You're welcome, Toni :)

I love the Misty Green tree painting on the top right corner. any chance there will be a video?

this was real helpful cuz i have a painting where the mars black is soooo glossy compared to the rest and its taking focus away from the matte blue which i want to be the focal point. its been bugging me soo bad and i was going to just start painting over it but now i think the varnish will even everything out and make it work :)

Love your instructional video. This was very helpful. I love your paintings in the background. Where do I go if I would like to purchase one? Also, how many times should you varnish a canvas?

I don't paint myself but I do enjoy watching other people do it - your lessons are both entertaining and educational - and also, nice picture of Bill Nye The Science Guy :)

@PaintingwithJane

8 жыл бұрын

+michiganpie Thank you! Isn't he great? My bestie, Vanessa does the best portraits ever :)

tnx fr the info, Jane :*

Thank you so much.... :)

Hello! Your skills are amazing!! My question is, should I varnish even if my painting is not on a canvas?

Hi Jane, curious about your thoughts on an isolation coat, prior to varnishing.

Hello Jane I like your videos it's fun to watch always I want to ask you if I want to remove a spray varnish to redo my signature how to remove that spray varnish? Thank you Jane and keep up the good work

Thank you for such good advice on varnishing, I have always been nervous of doing this. Where can your beautiful artwork be bought? I look at those in the background and those you share with us as you breathe life into them with each brush stroke. Each one is like a a story held fast on canvas and I would love to have a chance of being able to own one. Thank you for such wonderful videos and advice.

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

Aw, Wendy, thank you so much!!! I don't have any for sale right this minute, but I'm working on getting some up on my new website. When I do, they'll be at www.paintingwithjane.com

So informative - love that you demo Matt varnish - do you ever use Satin and is there a big difference? Everyone seems to use Gloss which I don't like. Thanks 😁😍

Great video

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Thank you. That helped correct some of my wayward ways. Do you recommend 2 coats or is one sufficient?

Hi Jane! This video was very helpful to me. Thank you for it! What if I paint with student paint or craft paints, can I varnish my paintings the same way and with the same product you used in this video '? Or do I have to spray varnish and what product could you recommend as a spray varnish? I love your videos! Thanks for answering me already! Love you 😍👍

Can you us this varnish on oil paintings also. Love your work and your videos are great

This helped me a lot! Thanks Jane! Is that Bill Nye the Science guy in the painting behind you to the left?

Thanks for another great video! Can the varnishing brush be the same one I use for painting or a dedicated varnishing brush? And how to clean it?

Jane, I painted the exact painting and it turned out great, thank you! Please do not stop with your videos, instructions and tips, you are wonderful. Is that a synthetic bristle brush? Any tips on buying brushes, such as that one? I find when I use wide brushes like that, I lose bristles in my painting and I play like hell trying to get them off. Thank you Jane!

@PaintingwithJane

7 жыл бұрын

Yay! Congrats :D Yes, it's a synthetic brush, and not a very expensive one. I don't lose any bristles out of it. I think I got it from dickblick.com.

Thank you for the helpful video! I have an acrylic painting that I have also used oil pastels on. Should the varnishing process be any different with the oil pastels in mind, or can I varnish it just like I would a normal acrylic piece? Thank you!

Hi Jane! Should I use an isolation coat prior to applying varnish on acrylic painting on canvas? Thank you!

Hi Jane. Thank you for sharing - much appreciated. Question - can I use this Liquid Varnish on Watercolor based paints? Thanks....

I just found out your Chanel thank you for these tips. I just started varnishing my painting. Need to know, how to clean the varnish-brush after finishing varnishing.? Thank you.

@PaintingwithJane

6 жыл бұрын

That's a good question, because it's SO important that you clean your brush properly, especially after varnishing! I typically use warm water and a little castile soap. Scrub the brush in my hand, rinse, and repeat if I feel like it needs it again. Here's a link to a video where I demonstrate my cleaning ritual. I hope it helps! kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5WkpcihhcqthqQ.htmlm55s

Hello Jane. Thanx for such a prolific source of info and tips. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on applying an "isolation" coat to a painting? Also I noticed that you apply varnish without mixing water like is done with Golden varnish. So is that just a brand difference.

Hi Jane. How about different surfaces? For instance acrylic papers. Would you recommend to varnish papers as well? I love painting on 400 gr 70x100 cm papers but i've never varnished them and never realized any oxidations or color changes. They mostly will be in frames with glass as i planned so im not sure if it's good to varnish them :/

Thank you for your instructional video. I have been doing acrylic painting and using Windsor-Newton matte varnish. I put one coat on and leave it to dry for at least one day, then I put a second coat on. Unfortunately, I have stacked some paintings with the painted sides together and they have stuck together even though they have had some time to dry. I wonder how I can prevent this in the future as I may want to mail some of my paintings. I am concerned that I can not mail them with anything touching the painted side. Thank you in advance for your help.

thanks so much! does this varnish work on collages also?

Hi Jane, your videos are awesome, I've only been Painting for a few months but I've been asked to paint on a friends acoustic guitar, my question is ,what kind of varnish would you recommend I use? It would need to be extra tough to withstand plectrum scratching and stuff. would yacht varnish do the job? I'm a bit scared in case it reacts with the acrylic paint

I’ve seen recommendations to first spray the surface with varnish then use liquid. The spray will prevent damage from overworking with a brush. The person used matte spray and then gloss liquid. I supposed they did a two-part varnish because they prefer liquid varnish and the spray was only to avoid overworked areas with the liquid.