I just managed some time today to block in more of the jacket. I am looking forward to adding texture and a little colour. Most of this painting uses neutral tones but the jacket has a little colour woven into the fabric, which I think will be the 'icing on the cake' colour-wise.

A little texture on the coat and the underpainting to the large press-stud on the lapel.  The contrast seems stronger in the photo than in life but I suppose some of the subtleties are lost in the processor.
A very short session today with duties to get the bathroom renovation ready for a measure for the bench top and tomorrow may not be much different as we are expecting visitors for the morning in addition to grandparent duties for the subject of my painting!

I have lightened the right cheek (left of the painting) and made subtle tonal changes around it. The shadow to the right of the composition has been tonally adjusted also.
The wooly collar which casts the shadow has been started but I will need to add a few more subtle tones at a later stage.
I am looking forward to working on the texture of the coat and adding details to the zip feature.
For now I am leaving the hair, but will return to it later as it needs some warmer, darker tones in particular to the central area.

The hair is beginning to take shape now. There is still a little way to go be adding more tones, but they are necessary. Whilst there are a few fine strands of hair, this is not a hyper-realist painting. Whilst I admire the skill and technique of such artists, I personally like to see brush strokes, which help to convey emotion from the artist and in the subject.
I will leave the hair for a while and return at a later stage, as I feel the need to work a little on the jacket to make the composition more unified.

The hair is improved. Not finished yet, but it is on the way. The hair is fine, straight and very sun-bleached blonde and the fine 'wisps' are not easy to depict on the pale skin of the face.
The blemish below the eye on the right cheek will also be toned down a little.
The eyebrows are pale, mismatched  and lack the archetypal shape of eyebrows but they are his!

 
AS can be seen from these two photographs, I have changed the tones of the under painting on the hair. The new tones, on the right, are more true to the natural colour but there is much more hair texture to be added. My dilemma was wether to make the hair unkempt as it was in this early morning or make it have a groomed appearance, as one would do in preparation for having a photograph taken. I opted for the former as the subject was not long out of bed and I feel that the unkempt appearance has more interest. In either case I have a lot of work to do in this area!

No picture today. I painted more of the hair this morning, but in a rush before a day's appointments and was unhappy with the result. I shall work over the next couple of days to correct what I have done.