Dan Needs to Learn

[Brainfruit]

I would suggest working on shadow mapping and blocking out portraits in 2 values before introducing new values [cropped]

Thanks I think dynamic lighting will help to describe forms better, although personally I find that strong lighting is easier to paint that subtle lighting, because the values are more blatant. I'm keeping the light source the same in these paintings (top centre) because it's easier to track progress. I'll paint something a little more punchy soon and impress you :-) Thanks a lot for those links, I've read them and I'll keep them for future reference. I see what you mean by patchy now