I absolutely LOVE this painting-style, it has a very strong Edwardian touch.

GREAT! +10

very beautiful and a pleasant work. love this. needs a little more details overall.
eyes and lips are perfect. cool work.

I adore the expression you captured - nice use of color, too.
Overall an amazing pic. Just one thing: This (like the other two artworks you posted) practically *scream* "reference used"! Thats a legal technique, but please show us the photo you used. It's really hard to critic you technique otherwise.

yes i used a reference image for this one also...
the reason being i am totally new to painter8, just 20 days into it...
now that i have begun with a kickstart, i'd become comfortable with the application also and i dont use a tablet, just plain 3 button mouse...
sure i'll put the links to the original images some time soon...
thanks a lot for your appreciation dudes!

I am with greyfin here - all three pieces you posted are very beautiful but it would be nice to see the actual references.

The face is totally awesome - great job (o:

I think you could crop the shirt a litltle, or give it some more definition.

lovely n_n

very good! I'd crop off the clothing a bit and add some hint of light in the background. great nevertheless!

The face is beautiful! Love the colors.
Great work!

A very beautiful image except for her clothing which, in my opinion, needs a bir more work to display it as a cloth =) The facial details are astounding. +6 from me =))

Love it! The face is gorgeous, great expression and realism. Love it! +8

The face is great, but the body lacks definition. A little difficult to figure out where her shoulders are. And what is that thing on her back? I'm guessing a bow.

I love the technique. It's very oil painterly. And the lighting on her face is done quite well. For 20 days into it, you're off to a good start. Keep it up.

thanks a lot for all your comments guys and gals...
i have uploaded the cropped image...
now it looks better...

I love the style and the colors. I find those colors very calming for some reason.

But the left side of her face (our right -- the side that's darker) looks a little skewed in some places, e.g. the eyebrow, the contour of the eye along the eyelashes, etc. I can't be 100% sure without looking at the reference you used, but I suspect that in the original photo, those parts are shaped a little differently.

This is really wonderful.

Beautiful job on this .+9