Good one, Rae. I'd make her left shoulder (right for the viewer) a wee bit wider. Also the top of her hair seems a bit flat. The eyes are a bit too close to each other, too IMO. No crits other than that.

I intended for her hair to be like that. Because of the lighting in the reference photo. And what is IMO? ...... Thanks anyway EvanQuel-thul! . I do know there are a few problems with it as mentioned

IMO= In My Opinion (Often has a Humble in there to-IMHO)
Lovely work, her face seems a bit angular to me. Well Done

I agree with the critiques, but then, it is a beautiful work anyways ^^

Nice drawing.....but I feel her face was not so angular.
Carlos

nice work.+10
make the jaw smaller .

Thanks to me I think I've done well on the face it's just one tiny problem that keeps it from being right (to me) Is that the face is too long therefore the nose should be shortened, the mouth brung up more and then the jaw brought up. But because I've already done it (I'm not going to change it) It will have to do. And that's probably why people are talking about her face (jaw). But I still love the drawing

What does everyone mean by angular? as in too square (whatever shape you were considering) I feel so dumb when I ask these questions...

Agree with the other, this need a bit more work in the face, Rae. It´s strange, like a.And yep, it´s exactly like you said. Don´t worry and keep working, you´re a great artist!

It's got the 50's look to it but her face is too dark and yes, too angular which gives it a certain hard personality. I think it should be smoother. Still a good image. It just needs a bit more work.

and I know it lacks detail - It was meant to be that way. Due to the reference (which isn't present on this page) it was mainly a contrasted photo so... ..
Thanks Daykan for commenting

Song is actually called 'candle in the wind'
Good comments above. Very muc like her, could be even better.

I think you are talended!
So, keep it up!
The color version looks more impressive in my opinion.
Good work.

I know it's called Candle In The Wind RoadRunner - I prefer to call it Goodbye Norma Jean and then in brackets (Candle In The Wind) lol. I forgot about adding that half but ..... yes, you caught my awful mistake .
Thanks Roadrunner
&
Anastasia and extra thanks for looking at the coloured version

nice study

Nice pencil work!

Nice work... i liked the color version better than that... but both are kewl...

nice drawing
well done

You seem like a good observer, since it's very well drawn! Especially for you being 15 years old. Good work! Your observing skills and your patience with the drawing will serve you well later.

Good use of variation in the gray tones! The similarity of the original woman is also there, although there are something harsh about her face that doesn't look quite right.
Half the part of her upper lip is higher up than the other, one of the eyes is darker than the other. Her hair could need somemore work too, some more shading perhaps, as it is very unshaded at the top. If you could draw the top hair like you did on the right curls, it would look much better. Good job with the nose! It should be rotated more to the right to allign it with the rest of the head, but apart from that it's very good!

Colour version: usually I'd say that you should use a different colour for the darker parts of the drawing, maybe make the skin pink more red/purple, or add some blue in it. That will add more depth to the figure. But for this particular drawing I think the basic colouring is enough, as it reminds me of the old black and white pictures and movies that has been put colour on in later years.

Good luck with your future additions to the 50's drawings!

For the first few problems, lip and eye - it was meant to be that way. It's how I saw the reference photo. It really was like that......
The coloured version is only meant to look the way it's presented for abit of fun in colouring. I also intended with that flat white bit up the top of her hair aswell. It may look bad to most but I don't really mind it. And yes the nose is alittle off but I couldn't help that when I was finished.
I mainly know most of the problems but without looking at a picture of her, I like it's appearance. Although much unlike her yet so alike at the same time.

Thank you Jane for commenting on both works, Greyscale and Colour.
I hope to do another soon, when I can - as of school studies hehe.
Most likely to do a n Elvis Presley one. Although not exactly fan, well I'm not a fan of Marilyn or James but I tended to draw them because I liked their style. Either Elvis or Frank Sinatra. Which I actually do like Frank songs so.

Looking foreward to it!

Good work.

Thanks to everyone who is supporting me
Thankieeesss SO MUUUCH!!

"They set you on a Treadmill ... and they made you change your name"

I like this a lot. She looks so hard and damaged in this drawing ... as if she was in pain. And we know she was. I like the sharp and hard angular look of her face. In some way it depicts the hard life she has lead.

Very nice work.