[Brenda Ellis]

This is my first attempt at verdaccio. I plan to try to use the venetian method I read about on this forum.
I still have to finish out the left side of the canvas. My question is are my darks too dark? Or not dark enough? I want the shadow side of the head and arm to blend in with the background in the final painting. Also I am considering doing this same thing with the shadow side of the thigh, or at least darkening it much more. Not sure if that would look right. But the idea for this painting is the light through the lace on the figure. So everything else is extraneous to me. Any pointers? Any composition heads-ups? I'd greatly appreciate input, as the farther I go with this the less sure I am that my intentions will come across.

Sorry about the glare in the photo; wet paint.

The reference is a mix of three different photos all with the same light in the same position. One reference for the head, one for the torso and hands, and one for the legs. So any glaring proportion oddities might have gone unchecked by me so far...