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Extremely well done
Joseph,
Firstly, allow me to say you have done very well. I love the paintings of nudes. The first thing that caught my eye when looking at this piece was the turning of the form, particularly in the area of the back. I found it to be rather flat. To give the illusion that it turns, you must further soften and grey it along the edges. This is extremely important if it is to be convincing. Use your fingers to soften the edge. There is no better tool to use. What I mean by greying it, is to do two things. You first want to detach the form from the background. To do so one can grey the outer edge of the form with the colour of your flesh mixed with a grey (of equal value of course). This will help the form to turn while pushing the background away. Secondly, where the background meets the flesh of the figure you can again use some grey mixed in with the background colour to help the background recede. I am not talking of massive amounts of grey here, just enough to have you achieve the illusion.
The arm appears rather limp. This is the second thing that immediately caught my eye. When looking at it, ask yourself if you can see the underlying bone structure. Perhaps if the elbow was more defined, the
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