[Mike McCarty]

Janel,

You're doing a very good job on this project. I would focus on the second image (just because it could be a smaller canvas) with a couple of notes:

Don't let yourself get too close to the top of the canvas and don't let the scarf, as it does in places, become too light in relation to the girls face. I don't particularly care for the pattern the scarf makes with the canvas edge at the top left of the third image.

Also, I wouldn't allow the geometry above to drive your thinking to the point of distraction from what could otherwise be a nice composition. Sometimes those things fall right into place, and sometimes not.