Just joining in.... by Marjorie Firth

Like it - I recognize the painting, I think; it is Vermeer, isn't it? The frame suits it, too ... I take it you didn't finish it because you'd learned all you needed/wanted to from the painting - nothing at all wrong with that: it still works.

Very nice. I like your tonal contrasts, and the way you have portrayed the lime plastering on the wall has a lovely texture to it.