Hi Rachel,
If everyone says you've caught a likeness, give yourself a pat on the back, because most people don't lie about this sort of thing and are only too happy to tell you where to adjust the nose, etc. (In fact, all artists should have "designated drivers" to nudge things in the right direction when the artist has parked himself in. So to speak.)
Anyway, you've done a good job with a difficult photo. Bright sunlight is just plain tough - tough to paint (no clear shadow pattern to help you create a three-dimensional form) and tough to look good in unless you're, say, under 25. My own feeling is that older people look best under carefully planned indoor lighting situations. Since this is a posthumous photo you don't have the luxury of a re-shoot, of course.
Don't be nervous about posting. I think that poor resource photos are holding you back; that's all. Anyway, I have at least two, and probably three, train wrecks happening in my own studio. One subject needs beheading and another will be power sanded into oblivion. It's much more fun to come to the Forum and give my opinions on another artist's work than to go and face the carnage and gnashing of teeth in my studio.
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