Painting practice _revised_

Edit: Corrections like whoa.
Adorable lab rat edition can be found here

Now I remember why I avoid painting people looking at the viewer straight on while smiling: it sucks to be constantly creeped out by one's own WIP. Also, I should probably pick up Corel or SAI because Photoshop's colour picker is awful.

Photo ref taken from here, apologies to his fans.