Hi, I am working on this portrait for a friend, just for fun, but I would like for it to resemble the lady in the picture! I can't seem to get her expression right, something is just not right. Any comments or advice would be appreciated! Thanks, Elizabeth

Ref photo:


My drawing(graphite pencil):

It's hard to see in the very small drawing you've shown us -- if you could upload larger pictures, that would make it much easier. Based just on these, though, there are three issues I can see: in the drawing, the length of the chin is too short (from the mouth to the bottom of the chin); the corners of the mouth are not turned up in the drawing; and in the photo, her eyes have a boxy, rectangular shape, whereas they are more elliptical in the drawing.

Ernest is right it is hard to see .. but from what i can see .. her nose bridge is longer and her chin is longer then what you have drawn ..
Hope that helps some .

I see what you mean about the size of the picture, so I tried to make it larger. Is this any better? Thanks for all the advice, I think I try so hard I can't achieve what I'm after. I will try to do the changes suggested. Thanks, Elizabeth