[Karin Wells]

I'm still experimenting but the directions say don't add more than 20%-30% (did I get this right?)glazing medium to your paint.

Sometimes, I put the glazing medium directly on the dry surface and then wipe if off. This leaves a thin film...just enough to "juice up" your canvas for painting.

Also, I sometimes mix the Genesis clear (satin) varnish with my paints for scumbles and glazes...the proportions don't matter and you can get some interesting effects that you cannot do with just glazing medium. Genesis is working on a gloss varnish and I hope that they can get it on the market soon.

When I do an underpainting, I do not add anything to the colors...I just use thick paint. I have a post on this where I show the stages of underpainting with Genesis (although it is exactly the same with traditional oils).