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Tom and Chris,
Thanks for those really helpful closing reviews (well, hopefully closing). The temperature element of portraiture always amazes me and I am going to sneak my easel somewhat close to you in Arizona Chris and you near you in NC, Tom, just so I can watch.
I did a ton of internet research last night on the points you were making. Finished up a pastel commission yesterday that frees me up to tackle this today with a ton of enthusiasm! Because of all the images I reviewed yesterday, I must admit I am in a quandary as to where to take the value behind the dark side of his head after I darken the background of his "lit" side, but I think it will somehow come together.
Thanks again, for the sake of others I am going to post my two favorite portraits I found last night relating to this thread.
This first one I really love. It is full of so much drama, and is appropriately named "Early Sorrow", by Louis Lejeune, 1869.
Please note these reproductions are not the best, they were downloaded from sites and I tried to increase the size a tad with out too much bitmap.
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