Is she done yet? Does her face need fiddling?

[lunatica]

9. It's

good to leave the lighter sections since that would be where the light is reflected. If you add more to the darker sections to show it’s in the shadow side you would get it to look like it’s around the dog’s neck. You’ve done a great job of giving the dog a 3 dimensional perspective. You can do that to the collar too.

The background feels to me like it needs to be developed to the level you’ve developed in the dog. Maybe one more layer of wash, or areas of wash for more intense color. You do it all the time in your skies and grounds. It’s always evident in your art in the architecture and in your nature painting.

Just a small amount of work would do it. Just to bring the entire painting up to the level of completion that you have in the dog.