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Alicia,
It's of course up to you whether it's necessary to "repaint the whole face", but if that's what you decide needs to be done, don't be afraid of it. I've had so many instances of thinking that I was okay with a piece (tired of it, even), and then had an instructor say, "You can push this. Keep looking." And in those next couple of hours, the "little" changes completely transformed the work that I'd already decided was close enough.
I've also said, "I can't move the eye, I'll never get it that good again." And of course my instructor immediately corrected me. "What do you mean, you can't?. You have to."
One of the greatest gifts I ever received in this was from a poorly paid but talented and dedicated instructor who led some of us around to different plein air sites. I was frustrated with my realization that I'd mispainted a number of things in my maritime scene, and I proposed putting on a new canvas and trying again. She said no. "We're not here to start over," she told me. "We're here to solve problems."
I know only too well how hard it is to go back into a piece and make changes, but if you're convinced that they need to be made, you won't regret it, and if you don't make changes that you're sure should be made, you might be second-guessing yourself for a long time.
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