finding glazes my way

8x10 oil on linen
My chant was..."It's just pigment. It's  a little wet, but it's just pigment. Treat it like a pastel, no different. It's just pigment"
I am freeing myself from the tyranny of doing what I know I should do in order to glaze. I think I was getting uptight. I really appreciate all the learning I did (thank you Deborah and Kay), now I am going to try to answer to me. I am trying to live my my old motto I had when I worked exclusively in pastel, "What happens if I .........?" It brought back the excitement I had been missing with my more calculated glazes.
Sorry for the glare on the painting.... I was just excited to post it:-) And even more excited to begin the next one!

glazing:pastel and oil

about 8x14 pastel and watercolor on wallis
For the past couple years I have been trying to find my way with glazing with oils. My oils before were always alla prima, even when big studio pieces. Recently have I intentionally tried to overlap the method from oil to pastel. The methods had been very separate in my repertoire  for a long time. The painting above  is a good example of the overlap.

watercolor underpainting on wallis
This morning when I traveled out to the lake I planned in my head how to "glaze" the layers. I began with watercolor and tried to use sections and broad sweeps of glazes (light layers that cover more blanket like than marks). I saved the marks to the end and used them sparingly.