The painting as it is in this photo is an ugly mess, the face is flat and two-dimensional. But it was only like this very briefly, when I put in the black for the nose, insides of the ears, and drew the black stripe down down the face to show myself where the turn on the face should be. I try never to stop at this stage in a painting because it would be like stopping in the middle of a thought.
If you compare this photo to the previous one, you'll see that the 'kissing' of the ear has also been resolved.
