Rachael, the portrait

Well done David

This is done with your Schminke paints on the better paper, I think? And you found it, I'm sure, much more rewarding than the cheap and flimsy practice paper. You know you need a bit more experience of portraiture, which isn't easy: a firmer line under the top lip, darker shading at the top of the eye on our left, her right, and the left side of her nose hasn't quite come off, though you could adjust that. BUT - you've still got a character here: and that's more important than anything else; and you've applied the paint with confidence. What you haven't done is paint the face as if it were just an undifferentiated pink blob, which is what most of us do starting out - so, good start, crack on, let's have more!