Stopped drawing some number of times, but keep coming back to it) this is another attempt

I did a copy of a portrait of M. Gorky by N.A. Andreev because I really liked it. This assignment was really difficult, but very rewarding The trick with photoshop was extremely useful, i used it so many times while doing this drawing 😅

It's not easy, I noticed that I wasn't always thinking about shapes. And that bull is killing me 😂😂

Light lines are probably too light to see in some places. But they are there 😂

Boots are a little bit overwhelming right now, but i will keep trying to do them)

After watching the demo added more contrast between values, changed the places of the shadow and added background. Did it get better?