WOW!!!!!
it looks like a picture.. amazing!
+10

Excellent work. Very smooth. +8

Realistic but it doesn't exactly capture the imagination. Still good work.

you put details into the painting that most painters wouldn't do - ex: eyelashes and suggestion of actual pieces of hair into the eyebrows. they look good, but that high attention to realism in those parts do not fit the rest of the image - ex: hair, shirt, lighting, and color choice. put all together, it doesnt look real, which I'm assuming you wanted to aim for by the realism in the facial features. so, here are some suggestions about how to aim for the same level in the rest of the image:

- her skin tone in her face seems a little sickly and uneven. perhaps too much of a greenish hue. granted, i know you didnt use green, but this is what is known as simultaneous contrast: put red next to a color that has little hue, like gray, and it will appear green. use more hues of red/pink, never touch grays when dealing with skin.
- the hair is incredibly flat and unhealthy looking. there aren't any shadows and highlights. that hair color should appear almost black/dark brown in shadowed areas and that bright red color in the highlighted ones, with some streaks of light glaring off in areas. instead of painting every strand, you should paint hair in layers and chunks of colors. there is a tutorial on hair at CGTalk.com by Enayla, search for it. also, the amount of hair missing in the part makes it seem like her hair is thining, often happens because strands were drawn in and not painted in chunks.
- the neck area lacks definition. there is no suggestion of bone and muscular structure anywhere. it's very flat... there SHOULD be more definition there on anybody, granted, if the picture you're using as reference was taken with a flash it could have flattened out the features there quite a bit. i would suggest taking your daughter and using HER as your reference and take a look at that area. most definition can easily be suggested with slight hue changes.
- the shirt lacks any life. it seems painted on her almost. there's an odd outline around it in areas that doesn't look like a shadow of the shirt above the skin at all. one side of the shirt has a collar and the other doesnt? there should be definition of the seams in the shirt, at least a color suggestion that there are some, in areas like: collar (both the side that is flapped and non), sleeve end, sleeve connection.
- the painting may also look great square, cropping the top off a bit so we get her nose/mouth in the vertical center. it's traditionally correct as a portrait the way you composed it here, though it's very bottom heavy without a defining background.

hope this helps ya... feel free to pm if you have any questions or whatnot
+7/10

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+10
Bea

Damn...I just read starqueen's crit, and there are some parts I agree with but don't feel the need to repeat, but I would say that depsite any color anomalies, a stronger lightsource at a more dynamic angle would have made this more interesting, because right now despite the wonderful details, it does come across a bit flat, which I'm sure was a result of a flat photo.

Is this a typical pose for her...she doesn't look too happy

Thanks everyone for the feedback.
Wysiwyg, LOL yes thats her her typical pose, her pouty teenage look.
Starqueen, WOW! thanks for taking that much time to crit my work LOL, I appreciate your technical opinion

Very pretty girl,
Very nice work.
Cupcake

Amazing attention to detail- I am impressed you took so much care over this, it almost looks 3d. The eyes and lips are very good in particular.

Wow, starqueen wrote a book, wore me out just reading it, LOL This is simply beautiful work, well done christine!

face position is a little weird, but I think someone already mention it. Greayt details!

Amazing Work.

oh lala those eyes!!!!

great image, please post more of your teen witch stuff. A real inspiration.

beautiful! love her hair ! awesome work

don't listen to starqueen, shes a bitch.
this is perfect.