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Hi Marina, I have been quite busy lately and on rare occasions just glanced at what is up on the forum.
Your self portrait is looking real good. As I was scanning the different comments and suggestions, all good, a thought came to mind and I thought to share this with you. This is what I thought and what I would do my self.
Set this painting aside. Pick another canvas, preferably with finer weave, smoother, and start another self portrait. Draw it out and lay in the dead coloring and do not move to detail until the shapes of the dead color are perfect. Make sure that your individual shapes and dead color area is smooth, unified, even and no lumps ripples. When you have this stage perfect then and only then start to create form by adding half tones first to big shapes. Remember the edges of each shape in dead color stage are to touch and should not be sharp rather blurred but not blended, at least in this initial stage. Remember each stage should be perfectly executed before moving on from one to the other. If you decide to try this method you will reach your goal faster and the results will be amassing.
Wish you the best,
mischa
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