I till have a lot to do with it, but this is so far. There are still a lot of hard edges and ugly shapes. I'm following your lesson step by step, but I did skip ahead to block in the shirt/jacket. It the lightness was kind of throwing me off.

Many thanks for that lesson on good shapes. I'll be consciously working on my shapes. I've leaned so much from this course. Are there specifics, especially with the head, of what types of shapes one should be looking for? I know about the cheek triangle and Rembrandt lighting. But with the ear, most people would see a curved contour. You seem to go with angled straight edges inside and out. Are there places on the head where one should avoid curves? The angled straight edges definitely give it more structure.

Hi Morgan, I have made corrections as I painted. Let me know if heading in the right direction. I did want to mention that I enjoy your videos and the conversational aspect(even if only one way). I do have a question about value. Can you comment what the actual value is of the average light and average dark in terms of the value scale number, assuming 9 is darkest,

Defining Facial Structure Through Highlights