Katea,
Great to see you back! Just so you know, we’re on OFDW 005, but you are more than welcome to post in any OFDW for as long as you wish!
I think this is looking really good ~ you have a nice painterly style going which is cool to see.
One thing I think you should reconsider (easy to do in Photoshop) is the relationship of the axes of the head and shoulders. There is something currently a bit funny there that would be fairly easy to correct.
Independently, I really like how you have painted the face ~ have you ever seen the work of Skip Liepke? This link was posted by Segvoia in the Favorite Artists thread, and I think you should check out his work:
http://www.dianenelson.com/dnfagallery/1101-liepkeshow/liepke/liepkeshow.htm
Will you be working further on this? 
Cheers,
~Rebeccak


You have some nice work with the shading here, although I’ve also seen you do even better shading in other pieces. I think given the short amount of time, you have done a really nice job with this piece.