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FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA
Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,114
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Your areas of light and shadow look a little fragmented to me.
Any shadow that appears inside an area of general light needs to be lightened. For example, the shadow beside the nose on the left side is much too dark because it is surrounded by light. If you do not change this now, the shadow will begin to look like a "black hole" as you build light around it and the painting progresses into the upper layers.
That is, no shadow in the light is ever equal to any shadows on the "shadow side" of an object.
This basic principle is nearly impossible to see if you are working from a photo reference. You just have to know this and apply the information, even if you cannot "see" it.
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