inner. But, I knew I had a whole bunch of painting to do still, so I sucked it up. I started with the top of the portrait and worked my way down; finishing ears, skin tones, blending shirt wrinkles and fixing little things. I find that when fixing the little details, it works best to flick your eyes back and forth often between the photo and the painting. I mean, you use the photo constantly for reference, but looking at it constantly on the little details is best. It helps a lot when something isn't quite right and you don't know why
. Learning about facial dimensions this week in an art book has really helped with correcting my painting and getting the faces painted more accurately. Especially eye placement and how the nose and mouth relate to it. Unless someone has an unusual face, they all follow some of the same general placement rules. I think this knowledge will help me greatly in all my future portraits.
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