Painting Update - done, for now

Ikea hell week started out as anticipated; late drivers, forgetting more than half the order at the warehouse (scheduled to deliver tomorrow) and finding the mattress is about 1' wider than the opening in our stairway... But, the new bedroom is cleared, the mattress finally made it up the stairs by brute force and is super comfy for a $500 mattress (like a good $200 a night hotel bed).

Didn't think I'd get much painting done after all of that, but I've caught a wind (lost count) and went at it. I think this one is as far as I'm going to take it for now. I might return to add a background; started drawing in the one from the ref, but it flattens the image out.

Looking it over, I think the best done parts are the two belts, the belt buckle, my hair, the pockets on my pants, the sweater and the arm around her shoulder. What is this though... painting number 4? Keeping that in mind, I'm quite pleased with how it all turned out and also the leaps in improvement with each painting. New one tomorrow - pending the results of Ikea Hell Week day 2... we'll see what happens.