Portrait of Julian

I decided to paint my second live portrait ever today, and my model was Julian. Now, the last time I did this was almost a year ago. I had painted Austin in May 2013. Here it is:

Nearly a year later, I tackled portrait painting again, and I guess I can say that I'm very pleased with myself and the progress I've made. Granted, all I've been working with recently are oil paints, so I should be making progress. Here's Julian:

However, I believe the I can do better than this. I'm not saying that I'm upset, because I'm not, I'm ecstatic, but there is always room to improve. Talent is cheap. There are many things that I can certainly fix. I painted this in about 1 1/2 hr.

I wonder where I'll be at in another year.