Self-portrait process // oil portrait painting tips and thoughts

I’ve been working much more frequently with oil paints (water soluble) for the past 6 months and have found tips that help me wrangle them. So in this video, I’m reviewing how I operate, why I have been loving oils and “why me?“ aka why I decided to paint this picture. I’ve done some self portraits in the past for classes, but never in oils, and generally not voluntarily. This was fun and satisfying to create :) 00:00 intro 00:13 preparations 01:48 tip 1 02:54 tip 2 03:57 tip 3 04:40 oil thoughts 05:05 “why me“ aka personal background and history 06:59 wrapping it up 08:08 a little extra sumthin