Geri,
I share the favorable comments and helpful hints given for your pastel portrait of your daughter. It's a good effort and you are doing many things extremely well. Keep it up. I would suggest, however, that you sneak up on your highlights and use them judiciouly. Once you get to white (or near white) there is no place to go. It's something we all have had to learn. That we should resist the temptation to put highlights everwhere. Sometimes more is less. I must confess that I still tend to do it. A highlight on the nose looks so good that I put one on the chin, then the forehead, the eyes, etc. and soon they have they have collectively lost their impact and take on more importance than the beautiful middle and dark tones such as you evidenced in this portrait. Not to dwell on this but the hair on our left is wonderful but not helped by the light highlight line. Make it only as light as you need too. Again, sneak up!
Good Luck
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