I am giving flesh to the eyes and  am finding it a challenge and exhilarating at the same time. Never having done a portrait of this magnitude, I am pushing my boundaries to the limits. Pushing boundaries is how we make progress in life - learning from our mistakes and moving on. I may change some of the tones and colours before the painting is complete but, for now, It will stay as it is.
The eyelash/eyebrow details etc will be added much later.
I am very conscious of the physiology of the eye. It needs to look like we are seeing a section of an orb and not a flat ovoid shape which happens to be on a face. In my next session, I shall need to use a much larger brush, and block in a large area of flesh around the eye and nose. It will not have the form of the finished face as I think the highlights and deeper parts of the shadows will need to be 'built up' gradually but we shall see.