I've done another session on the oil. I've worked in some background and worked up the figure. I had a blue undercoat on the board before painting and after I'd painted the figure I like the undercoat colour, so I've kept a similar colour for the background when I painted it, like a new Zealand sky. I may put in some variation in there. I'm not sure what to do with the lower background apart from making it darker. I'd like to take it out of the studio to an exterior with a sky.
Also, I need to do some rearranging of the jaw. It needs to project more to the left.