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Hi Marvin,
I am glad you brought this up. This is 'exactly' how I feel and what I am doing with my oil paintings. Although I would love to be able to paint like the old masters one of these days, I think it is better for a beginner (or someone at an intermediate stage) to master his/her own colour palette, understand how to mix and manipulate from opaque to transparent colours. On top of that, I also feel that some beginners overlook the process of learning and understanding their own tools, like brushes and painting knives. The better one understands one's own colours and tools, the better one will paint.
It is very inspiring to see paintings like, for example, those by Karin Wells (and I am sure she went through many years of hard training). However, I think it is important for a painter to have a solid foundation of the basics like those mentioned above, in order to perform and achieve similar results in the long run.
I agree with what you have mentioned and, again am glad that you have brought this up.
Sincerely,
Mai
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