Quick Crit for User Bhavana Gd

Cool head Before moving onto the actual painting.  There are a few issues that need to be worked out.  Make sure
you have a good base head established or drawn enough so that you know where your painting is going.   This will
make it easy for you to connect the head to the neck.  Also are there any tilts to the head? 
Really take your time in the beginning and resolve these issues so you can " actually " paint with no worries about the drawing.  
From there you can decide on where you're going to push the portrait.  Are you going cartoony?  Are you doing something
in between?  Are you idealizing so the head is prettier?  etc. 

Once you figure out the lighting and value plan.  Make sure to knock in  your darkest dark.  This establishes the value
range right away.  If you don't do this your painting never gets done.  You'll tiptoe around it forever.  Knock it in asap.

Design hair shapes to sit on top of the head.  Think lego man.  Where the hair cascades and drapes down it can be looser
and chaotic but not in areas where the hair sits on the head.  Think about it like drapery.  If I drape a blanket over a chair,
the blanket still conforms to the chair.  Where it hangs off is where I can take liberties.


Hope this helps