Figurative Abstraction

I'm taking two courses this fall and winter, Fundamental Acrylics and Understanding Contemporary Art.  It happens that they're both required but I'm liking them a lot.  We have 3 assignments for the history course, the first is below -- Figurative Abstraction starting from a photograph.  I used a magazine ad and through various permutations ended up with a drawing.  I only noticed later that every time I kept the woman's face visible.  In fact her face was my focus and every drawing began there.  The teacher asked for more texture, background and play with perspective -- so that's how I ended up where I did.