Progress is Being Made!

Now I feel like I'm getting somewhere with this piece! I was dreading the dress, but I started painting and this is what came out. I was a bit stumped at the hair. I paint so much long straight hair-- gee, I wonder why? Ha ha! I'm not very creative with my own hair... But I thought figured since she's probably a princess, I'd give her long, wavy locks. We'll see how long those stay.

I think her face makes her look too old. I guess it's too angular. There's a fine line between youthful roundness and marshmallow face. I obviously was trying to avoid the latter.