pancakeonions wrote:I'm just beginning to feel like my painting skills are starting to get interesting. I'm willing to put a little more time into painting, and am watching more and more tutorials.

Many go into the virtues of multiple washes, and lots of layers.

Though I feel like I'm getting the hint, I'm still not quite sure why you wash, paint, wash, paint etc. I layer - that is, I'm not yet ready for blending! So taking a close look at my color gradients, it looks a bit like stripes. At 3', this is not at all noticible. Is this repeated washing supposed to help these layers blend together?

Anyone care to enlighten me, or send along links to a tutorial that explains why repeated washing and layering is better than (what I do now...) just two or three layers, no or one wash?