Ah, Sundays! I had time to work on a painting of Mr. Femmedem this afternoon.

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11. Thanks, yes I could easily overwork it in the areas where I'm struggling.

I do work in oils, but they're the water-mixable oils. I don't use any water as a painting medium, just linseed oil modified to be water soluble. I get headaches from solvents, and I love the easy clean-up.

I made a mistake upthread: it wasn't flake white; it was zinc white! What I love about it is that it's transparent so it doesn't make your colors as pastel or chalky, just lighter. But you have to be aware that it only has 1/10 the tinting strength as titanium, and this evening I read that it is a brittle paint that could cause cracking down the road if used on flexible canvases. I am painting on a hard panel, but even so I think I'm going to be more judicious about using zinc white.

Here is a great explanation of various whites: https://gamblincolors.com/getting-the-white-right-by-robert-gamblin/

Do you work in acrylics? You might like the water-soluble oils, but some people are sensitive to them, too.