40 Min Face Study

I enjoy doing these as I feel it really helps me speed up and is a nice break from working on things much more tedious. I decided to try using a more painted style after feedback from my previous face studies saying I use lines that are too hard for the face. I also wanted to try and give the paintings a more authentic feel and I think that painting in this way even though I'm still using photoshop makes the image more appealing. I know I can't make the image seem photorealistic in the time I have but painting in a more aesthetically pleasing way seems to acknowledge this and let me stop worrying about the details.