Paint studies

Heres a couple of Acrylic paint studies i did a lil while ago. Watched and became inspired from the shawn barber massive black video. The top image is a sketch i did. earlier today and was really feelin it so decided to paint it up then i tossed it in photoshop and worked some details and colour. The bottom one is a sketch i did before the school year started that was just sitting around on canvas begging to be painted. i'm not too fond of the bottom one but I'm interested in seeing where i can head with the way i painted these and the way I drew the top one.