🌷🎨✨ Painting a Large Self-Portrait; trusting the process, varnishing, inspiration🌷✨

Hello everyone and Happy New Year :)

I wanted to show you my process for painting this large self portrait, and how I stay creative and inspired when I get artist block. I never work this big, especially for a portrait painting, but I wanted to challenge the fear of making mistakes and have more fun during the process.
I Hope you enjoy this Art Vlog❣️

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Insta:   / renarisby  
All music is from Epidemic Sound


🎨 Art supplies:
-This is a pre-stretched canvas, size 23.5 x 30 in from Blicks Art Supply store
-The Oil Paint brand is Gamblin and I bought them from Blicks Art Supply store.
Glass Palette: Also from Blicks Art supply store
Easel: https://www.amazon.com/MEEDEN


📚Inspiring Books: Heres a few of my favorite books that I used a lot for references throughout my work.
Plant references and knowledge: https://www.amazon.com/
Anatomy References: https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Human-...
https://www.amazon.com/Anatomica-Exqu...
Helps with Portraits: https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Paint...


I am self taught and although I am in school I still have had to teach myself all drawing and painting skills. My knowledge comes mostly from books and the Web. A lot is free on Youtube :)


🎬 Video equipment:
-Camera: Phone (Iphone 12 pro max)
-Smartphone Holder: https://www.amazon.com
-Editing program: Adobe Premiere Pro
-Thumbnails in Photoshop
-Animations: Procreate

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About me: Hello :) I'm Rena, and I live in Los Angeles studying Fine Arts at UCLA. I love painting and drawing and overall being creative and I want to share my art progress of becoming an artist with you guys. I hope you enjoy my videos!

Much love,
Rena 🌸