/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

this is my first attempt at painting realism. I know everything but the face is REALLY lacking in effort, but that's mostly the result of me getting exhausted after working on the face for so long. I feel like the contrast needs to be increased but when I compare it to the ref the contrast looks the same, so I don't know how to fix that. I didn't color-pick but would that have been a good idea? Also, any advice to reduce the appearance of brushstrokes (the program I use is procreate) would be greatly appreciated.