I don't think this is bad at all, for just starting out. I'm no expert, the only hair I've drawn is with my mouse (argh) but it looks to me like you need to practice a couple things here. First, find some proper hair brushes, Crasher's tute mentions where to get them (I think that they should be compatible with PSP7). The other thing I noticed is that your line needs to be smoother - try to move the pen at a slightly faster rate, to create a nice smooth non-jaggy line (it'll take practice). Finally, don't worry about shadows and highlighting until you are satisfied with the hair as is; then examine the highlights from your sample pic and use dodge and burn to reproduce the hightlights and shadows - much more realism that way. Really, check out Crasher's tut, you won't be sorry. Keep on painting! Jack