I love it! You have amazing skill, for this being only your second facial portrait!
I never progressed beyond black-and-white drawing myself, because I don't enjoy the practice enough to actually develop skill. But the most valuable piece of advice anyone ever gave me (because I had a terrible time with faces, in particular) was to "draw what you see, not what you THINK you see."
My tendency was to draw noses as nose-shaped, mouths as mouth-shaped, etc., and they never looked right. When I learned to just start drawing in the shadows that defined each shape, rather than the shape itself, my drawings made a marked improvement. Still nowhere close to good, but definitely noticeably better.
No clue if this might help, or how it might translate to painting, but thought I'd pass it along!
THANK YOU!
I do not like practicing either, so I just...... go for it and learn along the way. I do not let myself stop in the middle or stop. I think each thing we do teaches us something even if it is to never give up :D
And GREAT advice!!! I will be coping that and putting it on the wall :D
HUGE HUGS!
I mean, "just going for it" is the same thing as practice, if you think about it. Every time you learn something, you're developing more skill. I'm super happy you've found a way to enjoy your practice, but I'll stop calling it practice before I make you hate it. 😂
Funny, I see words, but I can not read them.......it's all jumbled letters above. Have you been messing with that blue goo again? 😹
Oh, and Morning!
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Morning!
erm..
Evening!
Blue goo? What? No, that's just 80s eyeshadow. 😋
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!