there's some good simplification going on here! You've made some specific choices while laying it in with straights that are solid. I appreciate that in some areas, your simplification was applied seemingly with the intention to prioritize what was and was not important to the overall piece. I do think that you've got some proportion issues in here that make it feel like the nose is too far over. But it seems like the nose is too small, overall. One thing I found handy with his face is that the nose itself was a really good tool for sight measuring. Try comparing the size of the nose you initially lay in to to other parts of the drawing. We can see that from bridge to base of the nose is about the same as the measurement from bottom of lip to bottom of the chin (under the beard). checking relative proportion like this helps a lot. Keep sharing what you make with the lessons! I like what you've got going so far!

Good attempt. I like that your shading on the accent darks and the light midtones is pretty even. You do seem to be using curves, even though we wren't supposed to on this project, though. While you proportions are a bit off, they are better than an absolute beginner would draw them. If you look at the other level 2 entries I think you're on par with them, so maybe you're level 2, even though you consider yourself level 1.