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All of my paintings so far have been Alla Prima, with a base layer of Burnt Sienna and Permanent Crimson mixed with a paint thinner. I wipe most of that base layer off and then do a rough sketch of the painting with the same mixture before starting to paint actual colors I want to see. The guy I've done the most master studys of, Edgar Payne, did his paintings very similar with usually less layers than what I end up with. You can see the base layer he primed his canavas with on alot of his finished works.
Interesting. I've tried Alla Prima, but I haven't found it that easy to work with when using water-soluble oils. During winter I have no way of ventilating my apartment to use paint thinners.
I use a lavender brush cleaner as a paint thinner, it is non toxic and works great. I paint with winton oil colors by windsor and newton, and also paint in an unventilated apartment.