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Nice work Judson.
Tackling straightforward head and shoulders compositions like this is good practice before going after more complex poses, usually.
Another good thing for practice that will help you immesurably when it comes to modeling form, is to use just ONE source of light and try to minimize reflected light bouncing on the subject from different places.
Situate the subject a few feet from a small high window, block the light from any other windows and turn off the lights in the room. Then you will immediately see the specifics of every large and small form as the shapes turn up into the light.
Take a look at Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and you can see how strong a simply lighted head and shoulders portrait can be.
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