- this is not a good reference - I feel you should be more assertive and accurate with the shapes : head, neck , hair - also with the shapes of the shading - the face features arent so bad but there's a problem with their placement My recommendations is that befor this type of study: - practice the loomis head - practice and memorise the reily rythms for the head - redraw from reference but only do the shapes and lines, master that before trying to shade - practice drawing and shading 3d shapes : sphere - cube - then more complex geometrical shapes - practice simplifying organic shapes into simpler geometric shapes: this will help you transfer the shading skills into shading organic shapes Hope this helps Good day !, Ghada.