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Brenda:
That part about the model moving: I used to study with this old guy in Colorado. He would assing to one of the members of the class the task of keeping the model on pose. Thus, after every break, or at the beginning of the new day, the appointed person would allign the model according to HIS/HER canvas. It worked pretty well. This task fell to me a couple of times, and I noticed that it kept me a little sharper since I felt the responsibility of all the others who were painting. It solves the problem of having "too many cooks in the kitchen," so to speak. Actually, no one ever complained that the person in charge of the model's pose got it wrong.
As for folds of clothing: Andrew Loomis, a now deceased, but one of the best illustrators in the world, says that folds of cloth should further the story, and that there is no need to slavisly reproduce all the folds and wrinkles you see.
I have studied with several portrait painters, and all of them have said much the same thing -- Measure, measure, measure, and simplify, simplify, simplify.
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