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Steven,
Thanks for the reply and spending so much time critiquing my work. Its funny, the drawing of the face gave me a lot of trouble. Mostly that profile. In the photo, the chin didn't seem to shape that way. When I drew it out like the photo, it looked horrible. I kept adjusting and changing until it looked right, but not like the photo. I guess thats the fallacy of photo reference. That funny dark line seperating the eye from the nose was in the reference, and I did find it to be rather odd. I suppose I should've worked towards lessening it, rather than rendering it all the way.
I actually did lessen the lines in the neck. With her head turned as it is, there are folds in the skin there. I didn't like the idea of totally removing them, since when you turn your head, folds are naturally created. I could've left them a bit softer though.
Sometimes, (or maybe all the time) I do get carried away with those shadows. I like to get 'em nice and deep, probably too deep. Something I need to work on. Especially creating those shadows with color, rather than just with darker browns. (there is actually quite a bit of blue and green in those shadows, but it is over quite a bit of burnt umber)
Thanks again for your input. Every painting is a learning process.
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