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Jeff, as for everyone else I think this is a terrific start, almost a completed painting in itself.
I would definetely go with Allan suggestion. Ask your wife to pose for you, too, if this was done from a photograph. If your tones (and temperature) are right, the hue in a sense can be less important. I am not very good ad judging the tones, so I take B&W photos of my painting and compare it to the reference in B&W.
If you add to this work some study on temperature as well as the tone you have already pinned down so convincingly, you will end up with a beautiful portrait without even realising it.
Post some more!
Ilaria
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