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Bryan,
I'm curious if this is a commission? If so I would certainly invest more time into the painting. You have accomplished quite a bit in just 10 hrs. of work but with a few more hours I think you would present your client with a nice rendering.
Working from old photo's can often times be difficult so we have to draw from what we have learned working from life. One area that I think could greatly be improved are the edges, particularly where the hair/beard could blend in with the background. Upon first glance of the painting everything appeared to be a bit "stiff".
As far as color you might have a person of the same age pose for you. The actual painting session would only be to record certain skin tones that you could use for your painting.
These are my thoughts, however, I'm sure there are those within this forum that have much more experience in this area than I do.
Good Luck!
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