Unfortunately, I couldn't get a better picture of my painting, a lot of the color changes in the lights got lost. I did tickle the painting to death a little bit in certain areas (especially the cheeks) and there are some issues but I started getting to a point where trying to fix things messed it up more than it would help so I called it. Any feedback is appreciated. Great course so far. Now that i am familiar with the method, I could probably get a much better result once I come back and redo this painting.

I combined the halftone and lightest light stage with the edges because i was worried about the paint drying before i could get to the edges. I struggled a lot during my first attempt (small picture left). I repainted most of it today, with my new sable brushes that finally arrived today ... i did not expect the much softer brush to make this big of a difference, for how we apply paint in this course. It's not as "painterly" as I'd like it to be, but good enough to move forward?

Overall, I think its okay. Im not sure about the shadow shape of his cheek down to his chin. Should i make it less simple or is it good enough to move forward?

I did a "quick" head for both grey-scale charts. I wonder if my shadow and light family could/should be closer in value to each other, especially on the female head? In hindsight the darkest dark of the female head chart also feels like it might have been too dark in value.

I started drawing during the first covid lock down and have spent most of my time since then on learning construction/anatomy, mostly doing sketches. I picked up painting last spring and have felt very disheartened for the last 6 months, since none of the things i learned seemed to translate to a brush and canvas. Glad I found Kristians interview with Morgan. The grid definitely helps with "turning my brain" off. Not sure if the drawing is good enough to proceed, maybe not enough detail, or too little?