Thank you for posting this, Karin. If this forum is to reach its true potential, critiques must be clear and honest. No sugar-coating from the instructor giving enough to give it; no whining from the student who needs to hear it. Amen.
And if you truly love painting portraits, it should not at all be distasteful to revisit the basics throughout your career. We all need to do more tonal drawing exercises. We all need to do plein air color brick studies. Incorporate them into your routine; it's more relevant to your body of work than sitting at a computer browsing a forum.
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