How does it all begin?

I was painting a background on a canvas and at my stopping point, I stepped back and said to myself,
 "Hey! That looks like a face!"

I had been thinking of trying to paint faces for a while and this happy accident told me to give it a go.
It showed me that even though it is not a "portrait" it still can look face-like.
So, I decided to give it a go.

Here is the first try.
( I have already painted it over)

Second face. 
 I like that the mouth extends beyond the face.

I took that second painting and played with it in a "superimpose" app on my iPhone and really liked the look of the stripes behind the face.  
 So I thought I would try to paint that.

Face #3 over striped background.

Face # 4.
Trying to figure out how to "block" the sections of a face together.   Cool unintended effect - looks like two faces...

Faces # 5 & 6.
Had two scraps of canvas and still thinking about those stripes under the faces.

Remember face #2? 
 This is the do-over face#2 and is my face painting #7.
I don't like it at all and will do-it-over again.
This may well be a cursed piece of canvas.   (sometimes that happens..)

Face #8.
I really like this one, but for some odd reason it looks like Jesus - and not just to me - a couple of friends thought the same thing.
Now, if you knew me, you would find that very, (VERY) amusing.


So.  
This was a brief tour of how my process and progress proceeds when I am painting.
:)