Bad Painting

I liked the pose below so i started dabbing in photoshop and trying to paint it. I quickly realized I sucked at digital painting and decided that i would look at a Digital Painting from Sam Nielson and copy his lighting scheme. I loved the colors he used and tried to put it towards my figure. This took me about an hour. I think i learned a few things but still its not that good. I also noticed that when painting and rendering a line drawing it loses much of the depth and gesture. But alas here it is.