For this painting, I had to composite two pictures together digitally. I took the face from one photo sent to me and composited it onto the body of another pic of the subject. I projected the image on canvas and loosely sketch it on with a pencil. Adjustments will be made later.
Using my composited photo as reference, I begin with painting the face as usual. I start out painting loose, keeping in mind some of the dark the darkest points (shadows, core shadows, pupils, etc) and basic shapes. I will continue to add paint and refine from this stage. 
After lots of refinement, I start to get more of a likeness. I now begin paying down color for the body, once again considering darkest points first and highlights last. A black and white plane is laid out under the subject that matches the same height as the other two paintings (8 inches up from the bottom of the canvas). I will further refine this surface in all the paintings so that it matches better. 
This painting is still in progress. I will continue to refine shapes, improve the blending of shadows to highlights, build up white paint around the subject, and add more subjective color.
UPDATE: Here is the painting as of now, October 25th. I soften the features and increase the likeness. More details are added to the body and thick gel medium and modeling paste is applied to the area surrounding the figure.
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