Tfantoni's Sketchbook

[Skimmon]

I think the shading on the main characters face might be a little too dramatic? She's the main character after all.
Right now the painting is very very heavy feeling. So what I'd try would be to increase the contrast on the people observing, give them a bit more shadows and lighten your main characters shading up a bit?

Many photographers use lights to make a main characters face evenly or less dramatically shadowed so to bring attention to it.

Another thing you might wanna try to take a look at is that the people observing the girl have no shadows whatsoever, making them look like cutouts, make them take part in the environment more and maybe it'll feel more cohesive.