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Enzie it is my pleasure. I'm glad you like his work. In the second painting of his you can notice his approach the under-painting, drawing, massing and value. Notice that he did not bother covering the under-painting in its entirety. What grate lessons!
Marvin, I have learn't much from you in the past year or so, by being on this forum. One can benefit much from your wisdom.
Of course, we all see shining examples of technique, some of which we admire very much and which we attempt to copy for technique's sake alone. As a result technique actually gets in our way and we end up by not seeing the subject we are painting truly and often overlook many of the other ESSENTIAL elements of painting as well. When a person thinks in terms of technique he/she probably is not giving his/her best attention to VALUES, RELATIONSHIPS, or even COLOR. He/she thinks about the strokes he/she is making and not much else. Technique is a strong indication of individuality and if one allows, it will get into your work subconsciously. It is much like handwriting, of which no two specimens are alike.
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