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Tarique,
I don't know whether or not it takes less time for me to paint in this style. The end effect tends to look as though each stroke was sure and deliberate but I can tell you that a lot of time is spent building, changing and adjusting the color and value balances that set up those final patches of color. When I was in art school an instructor encouraged me to paint this way because I tended to get bogged down in detail. He suggested that I should try this technique as an exercise to loosen up and pointed out that I could always come back and smooth things out if I preferred. I liked the results and continued to paint as I do now. I blend often when called for. Again, the end result (the whole) is more important than method or technique. All in all I think the time it takes would be the same.
Your question of time occurs to me when I see Karin's paintings and wonder if the glazing process (which I have never attempted) takes more time than direct methods.
I have attached a head detail from a portrait of a past president of a local corporation. I had to shoot from the left side of the painting to avoid reflection and hope you will be able to see the nice combination of brush strokes, smooth passages, and areas lost in the shadow without the artist losing the form. I especially liked the treatment of the rimless glasses.
I learned from Ray Kinstler at the recent PSA seminar that this painting is by Johansson (spelling might be wrong).
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