Hey there! This is very easy to fix. Reduce the width of the head. The facial features, such as the eyes (which you mentioned yourself), look off because the head is too wide, making them wide as well. On the other hand, the side of the nose is a bit too long and goes beyond the tip of the eye (notice the red line I traced on both the reference and your painting). Because of this, the nostril ends up looking slightly too wide (as you mentioned). On the other hand, I would recommend avoiding painting on a pure white canvas. Having a completely white background doesn’t allow you to clearly define the shape of the head on the lit side, and right now, that part looks too straight; you need to zoom in to notice the contour. A gray background around 40–50% is ideal because it doesn’t push your perception toward either light or dark values. It forces you to build both lights and shadows, and it better simulates how values behave. In short, you’ll have much better control over your values when painting on a mid-gray background compared to painting on a pure white or black background. There are exceptions, of course, such as working in a high-key or low-key value range (and even then, the background is usually not completely white or black). Hope this helps! Keep it up! You're doing it great! :D
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