What about Technique?

A work in Progesss:
From one point of view, how can painting be about anything but light?  
Thus, it does not matter so much what one paints, but rather how one paints it, for example, light on the teacup is good, but light within the teacup is even better!  Becoming familiar with the technique of oil painting means also understanding the unique possibility of employing its translucency to create beautiful effects of light.

After years of experimentation and study, I have come to a technique that at least allows for the possibility of fine painting, in my case landscapes.  I'll try to describe it briefly here below using illustrations from a current project, the Korte Sint Annastraat here in Brughes.  The start is a value study describing late-morning light.  It's usually a simplified version of where I hope to finally go.

 Even though a painting develops up through stages, it is important to me that each stage is a complete statement, able to function as a piece of art in it's own right.  Maintaining my inner vision is critical: what I find beautiful about a particular place, at a particular time of the day, in other words, the light and the color relations it engenders.