"I'm going to go back there someday" - My favorite technique

A little over a week ago I agreed to post on uncommon topics (it is still open to more questions if anyone is curious)

pondside asked What is your favorite technique? (That's art technique, since I'm working on differentiating between inside and outside voice)

My preferred medium is Oilpaint on Canvas, which I learned in college.

I typically start with sketches (pencil on paper) to learn the details of the "figure". I rarely worry about "placement" or "design" because I have discovered that I have an instinctive sense of design that is smarter than I am.

I start the painting with putting in broad strokes of neutral tones (Paynes Gray or Burnt Sienna mixed with Titanium White) using a really big brush (4 inch wide bristle brush) this keeps me from getting bogged on details too early. I generally try to use as large a brush as possible, to keep the level of detail balanced across the painting.

I tend to use a lot of medium to thin the oils. It helps the paint flow smoother and dry quicker. My paintings are sometimes assumed to be acrylic, because of how much medium I use. (Acrylic paint shows less "brush stroke"). It still takes a couple of days for the paint to dry. I do like working "wet on wet", for subtle changes of shade or hue, but for abrupt changes, or clean edges I need the canvas to be dry.

I try to work on more than 1 canvas at a time, so that I can work on a second while waiting for the first to dry.

A favorite technique I have come upon recently is to take a flat brush and load 1 side with 1 color, then load the other side with the another color. When I paint a line with this brush it comes out as a complex form rater than a 2 dimentional line