Perhaps nearly, possibly the final version of the portrait....

I have canvassed the opinions of family members on this portrait and they think it is best to leave it alone now.

 I am still worried by the Ninja Turtle mask effect around the eyes, making the subject out to be a heroin addict.

Ah yes, I have even forgotten to crop these photos .

This landscape is coming along. 

The foreground grassy field will give me cause to think. It's just green, isn't it?

Is this the final version? Who knows?

Now, what do we think?

The face shape was not right: too narrow, so I moved the ear further to the right and expanded the jaw line . This caused colour matching problems with the cheek , which has to be rectified but I am happier now with the face shape.

Stage 274 of the oil portrait

Where am I going with this?

The proportions are becoming distorted as I struggle with details.

Eyes are yet to be mastered, the background is undefined, the end of the nose is too pinched and I think the chin has become too small - but I can fiddle on with this for ages yet!

Rubbisher and rubbisher

The top portrait is stage 1, the bottom portrait is after I'd refreshed my palette and come up with an unflattering orangey hue, that I will now have to go over, thus putting out all the tonal values. I will have to start again from scratch, in effect. In real life, the orangey tone is not so pronounced -  it's more a result of poor photography.

I altered the nose - to its detriment - and generally played about making things worse.