[John Reidy]

Patricia,

It's always difficult for me to produce a portrait from a resource that I couldn't produce, but sometimes that is the only alternative.

I hesitate to venture any advice as I only have your photographs for reference but based on that I would suggest you pay particular attention to the values.

Although most all of your landmarks appear to be accurate I feel that the values fare limited and therefore don't give your darling subject the benefit of depth, the feel of the mouth existing in a 3D world, a hat sitting on a head, the fullness and depths of the overall face.

In your reference photo the lips seem fuller but when I measure they appear accurate. The missing element is the values.

Like I said, I don't like offering a critique from what I see on my screen but I hope this offers some help.