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Linda,
The proportions look good and I like the way you have portrayed the model. Pattern in clothing is always difficult because the artist has to make a decision about level of detail. In this case, I think you have suggested this floral pattern skillfully and consistently without becoming fussy.
The shadow areas present a problem. The shadows in the dress, compared to the rest of the shadows, are too deep and too green. The green doesn't bother me (more on that in a minute) but the value seems overly dark. Allan's changes bring the value to a more realistic level. Still, the shadows in the face and hair seem too light and lacking in depth. Maybe in your last session you could try to be less timid with them. You have introduced blue, but I think a yellow-orange component is missing. If you mix a cad yellow deep in with the blue you will achieve more depth. By this I mean a more "shadowy" feeling rather than a big value change. The trick is to mix in just enough yellow-orange so that the color is still predominantly cool, perhaps a little more greenish. A rosy or red color needs to be added to achieve the right skin tone. White will lighten up the mixture as necessary. The resulting shadows will be more consistent with the shadows in the dress. I also recommend trying this with the hair. Where the hair goes into shadow, you can use an umber (raw umber light, burnt umber + yellow ochre, etc.) mixed with blue and also a dot of cad yellow deep.
Any yellow-orange will do.
The whole painting, though accurate, seems rather flat. Once the shadows are more shadowy, The lack of depth in the background will probably become more obvious. To get more of an "airy" quality you can try mixing the browns with your shadow color (blue) + yellow-orange. This will push the browns back and create space behind the model.
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