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Hi Christy,
I just noticed you posted these closeups and that you have more time to work on this. How nice for you! I had thought, since you had to deliver it the next day, there was no point in commenting.
I do agree with Mischa about the older girl's neck, but you've probably already worked on it. As for the facial features, the modeling looks well done.
My major comments are on the setting. First of all, I love how you have painted the brickwork in the foreground. (I feel similarly about the stonework in your portrait of Campbell.) So many artists overdo the detail and the contrast but you have a nice feel for painting this kind of thing. However, the path leading back to the house appears to bulge and loses its illlusion of lying flat on the ground. The house wall, windows, door,etc., all lean to the left slightly. Is this just in your jpeg or is it in the original artwork? You should check that all the verticals are truly vertical by measuring in two different places from the edge of the canvas to the edge in question.
Did you soften the values in the background? In your latest image the house looks different. I like it. I think you could go a step further showing change of color/value in the grass as it recedes.
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