First Attempt at Sketching Heads - Loomis Style

I'm back after a short break.  We took the kids to Disney.  And, as I'm sure you all know, when you take a couple of days off the days surrounding the vacation are filled with twice as much work as normal. Tonight was the first night that I had an hour to sit down and do anything other than work, unpack, etc.

So, I downloaded a book by Andrew Loomis.  I'm reading a bit of it.  I decided to practice some of his ideas of creating heads.  The first attempts are dreadful.  The last couple are almost passable as human. 

At least it's progress.....

My "First" Drawing

This is my first attempt at a drawing since getting back into art after a 15 year hiatus.  This is the very first thing I've decided to draw.  There was no warm up, no preliminary sketches, etc.  I didn't use a ruler, or any tools other than two different pencils and an eraser.  It took about 2 and a half hours.

This is the view from the left most seat on my living room couch.  I decided not to center it in the frame just because I thought it looked a little cooler that way.

I can tell from looking at it that I need some work.  The composition leaves something to be desired, the perspective is off, and the scale isn't very good.....of course, you'd have to be looking at my living room to know that. 

I'm hoping for any comments or criticisms on this drawing.  I'm hoping to use this as a baseline for future comparison.