Am I using "Payment Account" correctly for owner's investments?

The easiest way is to use a zero dollar expense. Line one: list the expense account and amount
Line two: list the owner equity investment account and the same amount as a negative, save

No owner investment is never a negative number.

If you want to use an owner payment account, a cash type bank account you create in the chart of accounts, then:
1. make a deposit in the account and use owner equity investment as the source account for the deposit
2. pay for the expense from the owner payment account

Thanks for the quick response!

The zero dollar expense is what I've been doing and is what I'd prefer to do.

Also using an owner payment account feels like it's creating a redundancy. 

Do I have to do both? Since I can't save the transaction without putting something in the Payment Account field it seems like I have to. What account should I put in there?