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Hello,
I would like to make a few comments. I think it has been said before in this thread but her left arm (for us left) is painted too much to the left, I placed green dots to show where the edge of the arm should be.
The form of the eye on the left (for us left) needs some attention, especially the area closest to the nose. I'm not saying she looks cross-eyed, but in her eyes is not the rest that I see in the photograph.
The left eye is placed a little too high also, this way her face loses something of the monumental quality the pose has in the source photograph.
Her left eyebrow differs a little from how it is placed in the source photograph. On the painting her expression looks a little annoyed because of that, while she has a friendlier expression in the source photograph.
You placed the hairs which fall in her face too much to the left, and the little piece of skin which we see left of that hair in the source photograph is painted too much to the left also, which gives the cheeck a strange form.
Making the shadow on the right side of her face (where her ear is) sharper and a little darker will improve the likeness, I think.
You placed the hairline a little too high, therefore her forehead is a little too high and too dominant.
The hair on the left is painted as a little too broad in volume, but this could work.
Special attention needs to be given to the way the light falls on the nose. In the painting the nose appears broken to me, sorry. The lighted area is in the source photograph more to the left.
Her left cheek is painted a little too large.
I hope these comments will help you improve the painting. It's a lovely piece, and I'm looking forward to see the end result.
Greetings,
Peter
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