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I think this would make for a stunning painting. The single thing that immediately caught my eye was the intersection of the window frome with the front of her face. I can imagine trouble with that in the painting, if anything at all isn't quite right with the values or the perspective.
I played around in PhotoShop a little with this and tried having her higher, looking over the frame, and then I tried having the window raised, so she was looking out one of the smaller square panes. I wasn't taken by either.
It was interesting that the part of the frame nearest the face got so much lighter than the part nearer to us, and I assume that that's owing to reflected light from the lining of the curtain. Taking advantage of that light, I lightened that whole area immediately in front of her face, allowing the glow to almost eliminate any hard or dark edges near her face. The effect is easy to accept, because the light from outside is quite strong. This had the double advantage of getting the hard architecture away from her soft face, and making the glow from her face move out into the air in front of her, creating a space between her and the window. A triple advantage is that there's still the part of the frame nearer to us, which points the viewer's eye toward the girl, without driving down all the way to the face. Other parts of the frame also lead us to her, but aren't imposing themselves into an area as delicate as the facial features.
A beautiful subject and a great opportunity. I'm envious. Best of luck.
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