@rcartwright Just curious--exactly where is this impasto kit? I have never been able to find it under the "load more brushes" tab.
That said, @Jason-Bowen, that is a nice self-portrait, but it does look digital. The things that make it look digital in my mind are 1) The texture overlay that doesn't correspond to the individual strokes and 2) the thin strokes, especially in the background of the painting (hair and sofa or blanket or whatever that is).
If you are using Kyle oil brushes, perhaps experiment with some of the other choices. I am a traditional oil painter turned digital, and I find that I can get a better result if I use a lot of temp layers, merging as I go. And sometimes I use the brushes with canvas texture. But mainly I paint in the same way I would using oils, building up the layers. For instance, those hair tufts in the background could have bits of background color stroked into them to lose the edges somewhat, just like you would with traditional oil.
And as a purely aesthetic critique, I'd bring a bit of reflected light into the shadow side of the face and upper forehead to retain more dimension on that side. Also maybe you could get a bit more dimension on the light side for the nose bridge (er, I mean the long part, whatever you call it!) with a subtle highlight. And there are some slight symmetry problems (don't we all find those after the fact!) But the paint application of the mouth and lower nose look dimensional and I like the fresh (not overworked) application of the strokes.
I'd keep at it! It's a good attempt and I actually find oil easier to imitate than, say, watercolor, which has to reply so much on pools of water and sediment creating serendipity while drying. If only!