Here is a link to Tito's
verdaccio underpainting thread.
From that thread, I pulled a comment from Karin Wells that foreshadows what is in fact happening as you proceed on this canvas:
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You might find that your eyesockets are a bit dark even though they seem "balanced" now, they won't be later. Underpainting tends to be more about accurate halftones than the final balance between light and dark.
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Do you see how the eyesockets are now too dark, lending the portrait a foreboding note the underpainting did not have.
This is not my usual method, so I'm learning along with you here...