I just did the same thing on a portrait of my daughter which I've finally completed. I started it a year ago on a canvas that was too big which made the head size uncomfortably big also.
I got perhaps a third of the way into it and couldn't decide what to do. I mulled it over for several months and finally decided to scrap it completely. I began again on a new (and better quality) canvas, at about 3/4 life size. I'm so happy I did. The unfinished original canvas will stay in my closet, as a "study", just like yours, Julianne.
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