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Hi Amy,
I'm so happy to see your work being posted again on the Forum!
I only have a few minutes this afternoon, but I did want to say a couple of things about your painting. First of all I think you are off to a wonderful start in terms of drawing the head and color mixes in general. Secondly, this is a badly distorted photo - see how big her hands appear? (You need to get further back when you take the photos in the future. There are many posts on the Forum regarding photo distortion.) If I were you I'd crop this painting to eliminate the hands altogether.
If you're going to reshoot I wouldn't select a photo of a child with downturned mouth corners. She doesn't necessarily have to be "happy" but I would settle for serious or pensive instead of a frown or a grimace.
Lastly, the nostril on our left reads as being in the light when in fact it isn't, and you'll need to adjust your values here.
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