An experiment - what do you think?

I never thought I could do a portrait. I was always told they are hard. Well like anything with practice it gets easier and better. So far I think I've done 12 portraits and only have three that I feel are worth keeping. There are lots of tutorials on the internet. That's where I'm getting the 'how to's' to do it. People on this forum have helped a lot with giving good suggestions. Here are two of my favorite portrait tutorials.
http://www.paintingportraittips.com/techniques/

http://emptyeasel.com/2013/09/16/ho...hotographs-a-step-by-step-oil-paint-tutorial/

Thank you for the generous compliment. It means a lot to me.

Well I didn't even notice the parent site, I found the tutorial doing a search and didn't pay any attention to where it was posted. I'll check out Emptyeasel and probably subscribe to their newsletter also.