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Linda,
Please don't think of the Forum as a competition. The critiques are meant to be helpful to any of us whatever our level of experience and ability.
I made a few changes for your consideration and hope they will be of some help.
I don't like hard and fast "rules" but generally it is more favorable to place the subject with more room in front than in the back of the figure. I did the opposite one time when my subject was turned to the right but her head/eyes were turned and looking back to the left which justified more background space on the left side of the canvas.
I thought the light area surrounding the hair on our right becomes a problem because it appears without explanation. To make it better relate to the background I have carried this same color to the other side of the head. This reduces the feeling that something is emerging from the head and only occurs in the background to our right. For the same reason I dabbed a small amount of the red to our left also.
You're doing a great job and have no need to apologize.
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