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Hi Cheryl,
You've picked the most difficult possible subject for your first oil painting: a posthumous portrait of a young person who seems to have left behind no good photo references. Many portrait painters wouldn't touch this challenge and it's a credit to you and your good heart that you are taking this onto yourself. I admire you very much.
The first thing you should do is try to find somebody with a similar build and coloring and set him up with good indoor lighting in a pose in which you can try to work the features in from the "real" subject. Can you find a model like this? Forget about using the other photo you posted (Johnny Depp?), it won't work for you.
I like the first head photo you posted as the reference, if you have only two to choose from.
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