Steven,
Thank you for taking the time to critique the portrait! You made several excellent suggestions that I will try. The photo reference was taken outside and I think I will try and bring in some blue in the background for sky and lighten the green around his cheek. As for the distance from his nose to his chin...that is accurate but it does catch your eye as being long. Maybe I should make the shadow under his chin have more contrast so it doesn't seem quite as long.
Some of your suggestions I agree with (tilt of eyes for example) but am afraid to tackle. I can see myself really messing it up. His nose does look like the one in the painting and I really don't want to mess with it as they seem to be my weak point. Even as I type that, my brush will probably find its way there. I'll send another jpg once I've made some changes. Thanks again.
