I think that here I've found the right balance. the figure is drawn in but not to detailed most of my attention was on the drapery and I think that this picture came out good. I still have a lot of work to do but I'm getting there.

So I just ditched the line work and decided to just paint the man. I'm a little rusty when it comes to portraits because this was a lot harder than it needed to be. I think I'll start doing a lot more portraits so that I can really get comfortable with them.