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Dear Geri;
It is a beautiful portrait. I know how you can make it look a little nicer.
1.) I know some pastelists do not believe in blending or stumbling colors. My philosophy is what really counts is the end result. So I find the hair too distracting with the sharp individual lines, use your finger and blend the outer edges of the hair so it is out of focus. You may want to do the same with the dress. You can always add color over it if you want sharp highlights or whatever.
2.) Since the light seems to becoming from her right side lighten the right side of her neck up to about the middle of her chin so there is little to no shadow on her right side of the neck. Also, you may want to slightly indicate the suprasternal notch.
3.) The white of the eyes on both eyes are the same value, since her right side is closer to the light, lighten the white of the eye on her right eye and on the right side of her pupil. Also make a sharp highlight to the right of the pupil on that same eye to get more convincing light. Do not use white for this, use an off white the color of the light source which seems to be yellow. So use an almost yellowish white for this highlight.
With the above few changes I know you will like the results.
Daniel
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