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Please Help
First I must say I am an amateur and by no means feel remotely adequate to post in this forum. Having said that I will venture forth. Attached is the very first human portrait of my (non) career as a painter. I have absolutely no formal training and I am sure it shows. Previous to this I have painted pets, namely my own and the pets of close friends. I have sold a few paintings only because a restauranteer once hung some of my pieces in his establishment (I'm sure for the lack of the means to purchase more appropriate decor).
On to my dilemma... Karina is the niece of my husband and she is 1200 miles away so the painting is done from a single photo that I believe is a school portrait. The photo shows a light background and I opted for a soft resting place for her arms rather that the plaster pillar in the reference photo. I feel that the darkness of shadow under her chin and her hair is too stark against the light background. Also her clothing seems to need darkening to complete the "feel" I have of this picture. I didn't finish her hands because I was so dissapointed with the rest of the picture. I would like to know how to repaint these areas without having a painted-around look. The hair agaist the light backround has a hard edge (thanks, Chris Saper) and I don't seen to be able to blend it without the head growing bigger.
Any additional critiques are very welcome. Again I am embarassed to share my woeful little picture with such great artists (even in the anonymous genre of cyberspace). By the way, I shot this picture with my Sony digital (great for photos of jewelry) and a true-color Ott-lite for lighting (I hope it translates).
(16 x 12 oil on Canson Canva-paper)
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