Solid effort. Work on your skintones a bit more, and try to start off with a darker midtone for the skin.

Great choice in colors, btw.

+7

I love that you used that tone of green in the background,
not that easy to use that tone of yours and get away with it
but you do it, and you do it good. +7

She is definitely very beautiful, particularly the eyes. The long, gentle lashes look extremely graceful. The skintones are also lovely.

There's some errant fluffiness here and there, most notably around the horizon behind her face and by the outline of her face. The ornaments in her hair are also itsy bitsy fuzzy-looking. With so much finesse in the shading in her eyes the presumably metallic decorations seem to fall a bit short.

I didn't recognise the soldiers as such until you mentioned them in the description. I puzzled over that part of the image and decided it must be some kind of garden. :x You could probably make it clearer with some carefully placed reflections where the helmets of the individual soldiers are, reflecting the red light and the blue background.

The clouds seem slightly muddled, particularly in the upper right. Even though they *are* kinda fluffy by nature, a little more color variation and refinement (mostly where they go behind her head and by the edge of the canvas) would make them look more finished.

All in all it's a very nice piece though, the effort you put into it really shows.

Beautiful piece....great work with the eyes!
Agree about the clouds and details on the bg.
Carlos

it is a good start. I like the metal thing in the hair and the beautiful/romantic skin tonesI cannot help but to notice the strange perspective issue because the mouth would in realty be in an anglebecause it is below the horizon line but in your painting it is straight. the troops on the ground also have some issues when it comes to perspective. sorry if i am harsh but somebody was telling me that people really pick up on perspective subconsiously even if they do not know how to put a finger on it.

Thanks everyone for your comments, votes and critiques I'm still learning new things and pushing to improve my work every time. I didn't have any references so its a challenge for me at times to do everything out of my head but I do like the challenge. I may work into the details of the solders again to make them stand out more once I get some free time.

I really appreciate those of you that take the time to give me comments and votes on my work.