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Terri, what a great little subject and what a terrific job capturing the likeness! I do agree with Chris and Kim about the color; she needs more warmth in those skin tones. Sometimes you have to add more color than is present in your reference photo to compensate for odd lighting in your resource material. Clearly the child was in shadow, but I'd set up my own independent "white balance," to use a digital camera term, and bring the colors up closer to their true values. I'd probably load a bristle brush with a warm pink and lightly stroke it over her face to add life and light to the flesh.
The other thing that strikes me about the painting is something that Chris alluded to: the darkness between the teeth and at the corners of the mouth needs to be softened, both in value and in the edges.
Nice to see more of your work! Can't wait to see the finished version.
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