This is my first real portrait - of my granddaughter. I used a cell phone picture as a reference and used a ruler to be as exact as I could with the spacing and shape of the eyes, nose, mouth. I was happy with how the shading and highlighting of skin came out (finally getting a good skin color in acrylic now). I was happy with the shape and proportion of the legs. I was really happy with the overall finished picture. I liked the background (textured, chunky strokes with complementary color) but I wish I would have painted in the background from the photo (a black couch).