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Renee,
When I look at this work, I can definitely see a likeness and besides the coloration issues as Jeff and you have already pointed out, I see minor corrections here and there that could improve the work. I would recheck the eye area, the chin, the ear, the arch of the shoulders as some of those areas are in need of more attention. Take a break from looking at it and after a couple of days, either look at it again through a mirror or turn it upside down. Pick one reference point that is correct and cross-reference everything else accordingly. Isolate the shapes and their relationship to each other and you will notice yourself which areas could be corrected further.
There is always good, better and excellent and in the rare case godly. If you know what I mean!
Peggy Baumgaertner, among many other talented artists, has some videos where she works alla prima and shows how she constructs the head. I have learned through watching Peggy, that how you create the structure beneath makes all the difference. Being able to copy well is definitely a plus, but the work becomes like a nicely colored piece of cloth, it lacks solidity. When you force yourself to observe the anatomic structure first and only then proceed to place the shapes that make up the features, by cross referencing each shapes relationship to each other something amazing happens.
As you drape your beautifully detailed copying skills over that skull, voila the piece becomes strong and has the solidity it lacked before.
Thank god for the
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