Critique

[chadrach]

Woah! These are good! I really like the male portrait, as you have a variety of hues and tones that really give the painting to life. I think your female portrait lacks that. To me, the skin values read very monochromatic. Additionally, the left side of her face gets lost with the dark background. I would consider adding a secondary light source to the left side of her face to help separate her and give some structure to the darker side, OR maybe consider making the background lighter on the darker side of her face and making the background darker on the lighter side of her face. Hope that makes sense.