Hi @persona937, this is a really good study overall so I could only come up with some minor adjustments you may want to keep in mind. In your original study, it looks like the sizes of the eye differed just slightly, which made her expression feel a bit off. I just adjusted the proportions of the eye so that they matched one another. The second thing I did was to darken the shadows on the side of the face. I can see how the shadows in the reference image do feel a bit bright, and the reflected light on her cheek adds to the confusion. However keep in mind that when drawing a directly lit object (like this one), you want to have a clear separation of light and shadow. Other than that it looks great! I really like the charcoal look you got on the shading of her face, and it would be cool to see if you could apply that uniformly to the rest of the image. Hope this helps, and let me know if there is anything that I can clear up for you

I think you need to work on propotions and also you need to bring some more volume in shading

Great drawing! I'd open up the space between the eye brow and upper eyelid. I think her eyes could be a bit larger as well. There is this area called the Faberge-egg ( aka sub-brow egg) dividing the lateral half of the upper eye lid from the lateral half of the eye brow. This sub-brow egg is full in the reference pic and has a soft roundness, form shadow and highlight. The highlight cuts through the hairs in the brow. Also try checking her cupid's angle (straight line from the tip of upper lip and along the outer edge of the nostril and see where it almost touches the outside corner of the eye. May indicate need to reposition the mouth as well. This angle is a great check to do especially if going for likeness. I hope that helps! Your drawing look beautiful!