Glazing in acrylics

I've started experimenting with glazes in acrylic (I'm using Liquitex gloss medium). Some effects that I've managed to achieve are quite satisfying, but I wasn't able to achieve an acceptable effect whenever I was trying to glaze the sky. Somehow, the luminescent effect on the sky always created certain spooky, unnatural impact. It managed to render the rest of the painting dull and lifeless, while the sky itself appearing otherworldly creepy.

I was wondering if, as a rule, people don't apply glazes on the sky, or if there is a special trick, or formula, that the masters apply when glazing the sky?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

My tip: try to paint very thin layers.

I smear a bit retarder on the painting, before I start with the new layer. So I have the guarantee, that I can control my color, change it, take it away until the result is good enough.

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Maxfield Parrish didn't use acrylics, but he did work laboriously with oil glazes, and he created such unigue effects in his skies that there came to be a coined phrase, 'Maxfield Parrish Skies' - referring to the intensity of the effect his skies have on the viewer.

It's my personal opinion that there is nothing that makes a painter more 'special' than the ability to handle glazes with elan, regardless of the medium used. And acrylics, especially, lend themselves to glazing techniques.

So keep at it and keep experimenting and don't get discouraged with the early experiments.

Thanks for the tip, Brita. I'm not sure I understood what you meant by painting very thin layers? Did you mean apply the thin film of paint, or apply very little pigment to the medium?

Thanks again.