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Ok, I just looked at your web page and this is definitely what I have been looking for. This is my natural style because of my egg tempera background. BUT..... you keep saying "transparent" layers. I must find out how you make your layers transparent. The most logical assumption being that you thin the paint with oil enough so that light and color will shine through it. I have been told that thinning the paint to this degree with oil will weaken the paint film. I have been seeing paintings everywhere, both old and new, that appear to be layers of thin oil rich paint, and yet I keep being told that this is not what I'm seeing.
Perhaps I should just try it and see what happens. Burnt umber and ultra blue would dry quickly because of the umber. Flake white will give you good transparency, as will Zinc. Zinc white is cooler I believe. In your illustrations your burnt umber appears quite reddish. I would imagine that this might work with ultra blue and burnt sienna as well.
I have been hearing about "the dead layer". Would the white layer be considered " the dead layer". I have heard others talk about "optical grays" but with out ever knowing what was used to thin the paint enough to do it. I am guessing more and more that the person that told me that I couldn't do it, was incorrect. Thank you so much, this is fascinating.
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