I just completed painting my son and my grandson. Above are both my painting and the main photo that I used. For my grandson's face I used a different photo reference. My son is hard to draw/ paint. He has a tall forehead and broad orbital ridges. Oh well, at least it looks like him.

I find that I am struggling with depression. I am painting a lot because it provides me with an escape. Last night I drank a whole bottle of wine. Not good. I guess one bottle in two weeks is not too bad, but my body will be struggling for the next two or three days to dump the toxins. I stopped buying wine because it is just too easy to give in to the urge to open it, especially at night, but on this last trip to WalMart- the bottle jumped into my cart! Sure, let me blame the bottle.
When I can't sleep, I stay up until all hours of the morning playing Scrabble online. Over the course of 4 to 5 hours I will finish off a bottle of wine. I play so much that it is almost a mindless activity for me and it usually does not impact my scores too much. Also, I play faster games (ten minute time limits. I have noticed that while my average time is 8 minutes, I need all ten if I am drinking wine while I play. Oh well, no more wine for me for a while. I am having enough problems dealing with the depression to complicate it more with alcohol. The paintbrush works better.