Was playing around with that last night, and I love the look of it! Thank for the inspiration Do you use a full opacity gradient, or lower, than color over it?
if i adjust the opacity on a gradient i usually lay it down full strength on it's own layer and then adjust that layer's opacity so i can play around with the look (make it more or less intense) as i go. sometimes, if i don't know for sure how i want something to look, i will do multiple layers of color for a particular object and sort of mix and match until i see the result i'm looking for.