definitely a cool idea for a draw...maybe some more time on it though...?

try usin lighter colours(lower pressure) over the darker ones to blend it a bit....

pretty picture! i love all the colors in her hair...and the overall color scheme is fantastic!

wow dmv...you're really learning how to use the tools on this board! Way to go bud...

Nice lineart and coloring.
But I think it's strange that his hair don't have lines like the face or the shirt.

another good way to learn is to look at other peoples drawings. dont copy them..but take notes i guess. and as far as inanimate objects..you need to start smaller. try like..just books, or something in your room..just one or two things..with a surface..a light source(dont DRAW the light source, just note where its coming from)..skip the wall the floor the dresser the window..all that and concentrate on the object. hope that helps.

Glad to see you are practicing! Great idea for getting the hang of shading, highlighting and blending. I think you are on the right track. His chin looks the best of everything so far. Try exaggerating the lights and darks a little, blending with the same graduating color values in between the two. And dont let anybody scare you off! Youre doing fine! :)
Oh yeah, I have a small off the comp. "homework" assignment for you to do. Take some objects from around the house - relatively simple ones - books, fruit from the fridge, stuff like that, and arrange them on a table under and to one side of a lamp, where the light source casts definite shadows. Just sit there and LOOK AT THEM. Mentally note where the shadows and highlights are. The next day, get a sketch pad and a pencil, crayola, whatever floats your boat, and roughly sketch it, concentrating on the darks, lights, and values of color in between. This will help you more than anything, I think.
Just one more thing - keep in mind that faces are extremely difficult to do, even for experienced artists. For your next drawing, try doing a still life of simple, inanimate objects.

ok i have a suggestion. you spent 33 minutes on this..now..you could take maybe another 33 minutes and add some shading and depth by looking at real subject..studying folds in fabric..see how light reflects color and makes shadows and highlights. play with the tools..as you have seen almost anything is possible to reproduce with these applets. i personally think you could do better if you took a bit more time.

Bless your heart, Dixie! :) Wish you lived next door to me and we'd get a paint brush and get messy lol. Okay, first of all, the image you drew is adorable, and the idea very creative. As for shading, there will be more than one color in a shadow of something (such as the folds of the fabric) would go from dark blue in the deepest fold, graduating blue tones upward until the lightest blue is on the outermost part of the fabric. Do that and blend. Work on thinking about which direction your light source is coming from, and keep it consistent in your pic. Everything casts a shadow somewhere if there is light. That'll give you a couple of things to think about. Hope it helps. Dont give up!!!

shading!

Okay, Dix, it's not _that_ scary. :) lol. It's really great for a beginning. With every piece you do, you'll learn and evolve. On this one, I think your choice of colors is really good, even in the skin tones. For the shading on a face, try to remember to highlight the plains and darken the receding places for shadows. Blend it with the rest of the face. And for shading in your backgrounds and with objects, to get perspective remember that colors are less vibrant the farther away they are, and things are less defined in general. Now practice some more! And if u have a tablet, USE IT! You've got talent! Love ya Dixie. :)