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I'm a little slower to make the rounds these days. Just a couple of quick notes about light.
The wing of the nose in shadow has too much light on it, as does the base of the nose (otherwise known as overmodeling, or "looking into" your darks too hard to find lights). Squint down at the photo and you'll see that the entire dark shadow across the base of the nose and up on the wing could almost be put in as one value. I'd move your painting toward that effect.
Also, too much light on the upper eyelid in shadow (between the eye and the eyebrow), which is making that lid look unduly prominent and puffy. Again, compare the relative amounts of light and shadow in the photo.
One last thing -- in the shadow side of the face as shown in the photo, there's a slight lightening in the area of the temple, in line with the eyebrow. In the painting there's a curious dark shape there. Might want to take another look at what's going on there in terms of form (and the way light describes it.)
Otherwise very lovely, a pleasant soft quality to the overall appearance, nicely handled edges.
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