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Lovely, sensitive job, Linda. Seeing the reference photo, I should point out that your daughter's nose in the painting is too long, which makes her look considerably older. I don't know that you'd want to shorten the nose here, because it'd be a MAJOR change that would affect everything. My suggestion is that you do another portrait, in which you could also add a bit more contrast, with brighter lights (start with, say, a Naples yellow light or deep -Old Holland Naples Yellow Deep Extra is a fabulous basic flesh tone- mixed with another Old Holland, Brilliant Pink, both great hues that keep you from having to use too much white, thus avoiding the 'chalky' look. Keep the non-light area clean (don't use browns or greys, just mix the shadows from deep rose and a bit or raw sienna, adding maybe a smidget of 'darker' yellow-green).
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