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Dianne,
I applaud your attempt to work from life, it can only benefit you in the long run.
You have some nice painterly brush work, but it seems there are some drawing issues. The neck for instance is way too long. Even in classical proportions, the neck from the clavicle to the chin is 1/3 the head length, yours is 1/2. The eye line is directly in the middle of the head. Your eye line is way too high resulting in the top part of the head being too shallow.
Are you working sight size or relative size? Have you worked in charcoal or some other monochromatic medium from life to familiarize yourself with form before attempting to paint in color?
I would recommend Roberta Carter Clark's book, "How to Paint Living Portraits". She has many diagrams of head proportions, portrait set-up and beginner exercises.
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