Valerie,
Thanks for your critique. Sorry to be so slow in responding, but other things have been taking up my time lately. I hadn't considered whether the blouse shadows would complete for attention. The portrait is out of my hands now, so it's too late to make any changes on this painting, but I'll keep it in mind in the future.
Nice handling of the face. It looks like the shadows of the face are more intense than those of the blouse. This creates a problem with a nuetral background as this. Perhaps if you made the shadows of the blouse deeper and richer, it would help bring balance to the overall contrast.
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