Thanks, Jeannine,
Flattery, of course, will get you everywhere with me! But to give credit where credit is due, the subject here is an extraordinary woman. Another artist once described her as "full of character and light". There's nothing like having a good-old-fashioned muse to work from!
And if you guys hadn't given specific names to my vague dissatisfactions, I'd still be scratching my head or bogged down with indecision. Well, it's only a study, but I'm looking at things differently than I did a couple of weeks ago.