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I'll bet you the parents are not going to mind that finger one jot. Or the background, or anything else. If you're new to this, I think you should sit around and pat yourself on the back until your arm's sore, because it's lovely.
What are you aiming for? Personality, likeness, staying power, and a communicating gesture to last for years. Well, you're successful. Yippee!
If you're aiming to be competitive in a juried show, there are other things mentioned here that would impress jurors, and you might want to do them. But you said this was a relatively virgin run, and I would say move on before you wrack your brains trying to second guess a successful image.
I don't know if this is a popular opinion or not, but speaking as a self-taught/self-teaching painter, there are lessons in every successful painting, and you can't learn them all in just one go. I'm sure this was educational and I can't wait to see what comes next! Good job!
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