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Hanna,
Just a note on the way by, regarding a couple of shadow areas.
I think that indeed the photographic representation is affecting the shadow cast by the head onto the baby's right shoulder. First, I'd considerably soften the edge (on our left) of that shadow shape. It's the photo, and possibly the strength of the studio light, that's making for such a hard edge (which also doesn't look "baby-like", to put it in nontechnical terms). Second, reconsider the manner in which that cast shadow behaves as it goes up and over the shoulder. Rather than turn toward the arm and follow the shoulder around and down the arm, I think it actually goes straight up over the mid-shoulder. Bring up Third, which is that the cast shadow will become increasingly less intense as it moves away from the form (here the head) casting the shadow. On top of the shoulder, there should be a lot more light in that shadow shape than over closer to the neck.
I also think the reflected light on the neck is slightly strong, creating a "striped" effect. If you squint at the photo, that light disappears. Not so in the pastel.
Lastly for now, the halftone running from the near corner of the baby's mouth down around the chin is too uniformly dark and wide. About midway it actually almost disappears, as it would, because the planes of the form are moving from out of the direct light, then into it, then out of it again.
As for questions about posting the full figure, I recommend sending it to Cynthia first for review. It's a very difficult line to have to draw, obviously easier if it doesn't have to be drawn at all, even though I have little doubt that there would be any problem in this particular instance.
The rendering of the pastel is very accomplished and beautiful.
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