First Serious Painting

Previous to this painting I hadn't done any paintings that mattered so much to me. Painting people is so much harder than painting a still life, at least for me. I painted this in acrylic in the spring of 2008, It was based off of a picture of m boyfriend as a baby, I spent a really long time on the face. I spent a ridiculous amount of time on the hands, however that is the weakest part of this painting. I think at some point, I will go back and repaint the hands to make them look a lot better.