I’m already working on a new self-portrait, surprise!!! But I had promised to share my previous self-portrait, so here it is, including a video with a few phone snapshots of the process and a voiceover explanation. I hope you enjoy it.

In the video I speak a little about knowing that the perspective wasn’t right, but that I went on painting without correcting it because I was afraid I would mess it up, even though I knew I would eventually change it. There are so many layers that I ran out of yellow from my Holbein set, and I had to use a Senelier oil pastel giant stick in order to complete the painting.

I’m also including a few stills below. Please excuse the distorted perspective of the images, it’s all part of the creative process… except I added more distortion at times with photos in which the camera wasn’t parallel to the painting, deforming the painting more than it was in “real” life.