Anthony,

Now that I can see the head in detail I can better understand why the hair and eyes need attention. The whites of the eyes are almost never as white as they might at first seem and usually have a cast shadow from the eyelid. The "white" area in the left eye (on our right) looks a tad large and doesn't follow the likely line of of the lid. And lastly, and unless the hair is manufactured, look hard to find some areas where the forehead and hair blend one into the other. In this case I would cheat and create a few places even if they are not evident.

Patt, thank you.

Jim, I spent close to a year on this painting and "cheated" quite extensively. I never think the result should be as it is, rather as I want it to be. That was my final decision, to keep the balance of the painting and the representation of the model. The eyes are his. The hair, I admit, is slightly stylized. If you mean by manufactured that he is wearing a wig, he wasn't. :)

This is excellent! This is one painting that would be valuable as a "figurative" painting, as well as a portrait. His face is superb. I love it.

I went to look at your website, and immediately realized that I already know you from the other forums, as aaasp. I still love this painting, though.:)

Anthony,

I guess it is my personality type that urges me to respond to this critiques section of the Forum. I do this with the assumption that those who have offered their work will use whatever they find helpful and disregard that which is not. Realizing that you have made your final decision, I nevertheless had made a few changes in Photoshop relating to my earlier comments, and pass them along for whatever value.