monochrome - paint sketch

Practicing with acrylics again - trying to develop a strong practical hard edge brush technique. Not quite there yet, but that is what practice is for right? This is one of the first paintings I've done without laying down a pencil sketch on the canvas first...trying to be spontaneous and all.

Drawing big brooding guys seem to come second nature to me, so that's what I went with. It's on 5"X7" canvas. I like to practice with those, since I'd hate to waste a nice large canvas on a speed painting.