Nowio pretends to can draw

[matkaminski]

Don't down yourself, this is actually a pretty valiant attempt.

From photo or mirror?

Also, try and use an even bigger brush to start off with. It might sound funny, but try and use long, confident strokes to block in and you'll end up with a cleaner finished product right out of the gate. Try doing a few portrait studies or at the very least some good skin tone studies. Try sampling a few photos so that you can at least get a sort of color range of skin tone (even if you have to make color palettes from the samples).

Either way good job and keep it up :)