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Thank you so much for your wonderfully detailed reply. I have so many questions for you , I don't know where to start.
I know exactly what you mean about the burnt umber / ultra blue covered by thin layers of white. That's what I used to do when I painted with egg tempera years ago. I am relatively new to oil and have been trying to learn, over the web ,how to use it. I spent the last couple years at another forum and think that I might have accumulated some misinformation.
How do you make your layers of white thin enough to see through? There are so many opinions about this that I hesitate even to ask for fear of causing controversy.
I have tried many mediums and at present like none better than unrefined walnut oil (no solvent added)with a little lead napthante. (2 ml liquid lead to two ounces of walnut oil)
I would be very excited to be able to use the system that I originally used with egg tempera, now, with oil paint. That would be a system of transparent layers similiar to what you described. So far I have been warned against there being any possibility of doing this because I have been told that there is no safe way to use the paint that thin, unless you put it on thickly and wipe it off. Perhaps this is how you get your thin whites. I will go look at your web site. Thank you so much.
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