a day's painting ... really?

Yes.  But worth it.  pleased with the surface texture now (which does't really show on screen) and slight re-orientation of Betty's jaw.  Re-discovered my 'finishing off' brush, which is lovely too:  an old large flat sable that's gone a bit crunchy now but is great for smoothing things together.  It's starting to really look like Betty now, which had been a worry earlier.