August 16: And then I start wavering, wondering whether I should really be learning oils........

This is the same Sheldon School of Painting in Los Angeles.  This man works with high school students who want to study art, who want to prepare a portfolio for an art degree somewhere.....he has videos of painting in every medium and every subject.  His oil technique is much like water in that great expanses of color are never laid down, dabs here, dabs there and the eye emerges.