Willie, getting closer

Had one of those nice Sundays, nothing planned just all day free for painting. Put a few hours into the portrait I'm working on, got most of the hair done, more definition to the beard and hand, and started working on the guitar. I'm putting down color all over now to see how it all comes together. For a while the hand seemed to large, but it might work out when the guitar and shoulders are finished too. The ref photo is shot from the front, and the hand seem larger due to the perspective. Challenge is to make it work in the drawing.

To pull it off I blended the colors in the hand and arm, to push it back. I've not blended any colors in the face and hair, and I don't want to do that. It all seem to work now. Now, Willie does have his own very personal guitar, and I want to do this realistic. Had a hard time trying to figure out what is written on it - impossible to see so some artistic license used....the guitar ain't the focal point anyway, so it's just going to have to work...