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Great Model!
Nathan,
I applaud your decision to work from life. From my point of view, seeing how close you can get to photographic reference, stunts artistic growth.
The best styles are done by those who push their artistic limit and are not artificially imposed.
This head is quite lovely and strong. A quantum leap from what I have seen you do before. I saw your lovely charcoal drawings as well, but have not had the time to comment on them. Let me say briefly, this work looks like it is done by an entirely different artist.
Some things to watch for, following the examples of my first efforts in painting portraits from life. Squint, squint and squint somemore. This helps place the tones more accurately in relation to each other. I don't kow what your lighting is, but I know from my own experience, the first attempts can be a bit pasty. I found Daniel Greenes tapes very helpfull in this regard.
The forehead, watch the temple area, the transitions seem artficially bumpy.
The best instructor is repeated experience.
Sincerely,
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