Art of Texture Secrets Class - Week 1

OK! I think I'm caught up now, and I've learned a ton! My head is spinning... blurring, curves, selective blurring for faces to match the texture tones... good stuff!

I've got versions and versions of this image. Can't pick a favorite. Can you?

Two versions of this one (this lesson overlapped with Beyond Layers):

And then I took Luke's face out of texture and kept the tone. Better! Before and After:

Art of Texture Class Day 1

I signed up for another of Kim Klassen's texture classes... I'm already behind... I think this is what we were supposed to do for day one? I'm not sure. I may need to go over the lesson again, and try a different kind of image.

This is my finished image:

 This is my original: