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cheers @deemarshall, I have worked very hard on him today, I just couldn't get him to look like him. I tried and tried, i rubbed out and started again so many times it was killing me.
I am trying to up step my game and try new things to be a little different, but I think I am going do more practice on portraits as this is a weak subject in art for me. you know what they say "practice make progress".

I know how long these take. I used to do them when I was a teenager. As you say,'practice makes perfect'. :)