Well, I feel I've learned a lot from reading everyone's posts here (although I have TONS to learn yet). So I suppose logically the next step is to put up a work in progress for critique. This is a graphite portrait of my daughter that I plan to paint. However, I would like to work out any of the beginning problems before I go to the next stage. This was not done from a photo- it was done catching quick glimpses of an active 9 month old.
This is her quiet "pick me up mommy" pose. LOL
So tell me honestly what I need to work on. I'm not sure if the lighting is right at all since I had to fake it. I have a long way to go on getting a better feel on composition, so I went with a simple head shot.
Susan