Painting for a friend pt1- Second ever with oil, astounding amateur arts!

This is part 1 of a fortnight of painting a gift with oil paints.
My second ever play with oils.
There are loads of lessons learned in this experimental learning exercise, please comment with your helpful hints!
There are 4 videos in the series which make up the whole painting from start to finish.

Enjoy!

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