awesome . keep it up

Hi everyone :) Thank you so much for your feedback I truly appreciate it! I have read all your comments and worked on the painting for a few more hours - I have attached the original and the updated version so you can see the difference. Is there more I need to do? Thank you again. @Steve Lenze and @Serena Marenco you both suggested changing the stroke direction to suit the curve of the planes so I've tried to do this. Excellent advice, thank you! I will do that more in future! @Steve Lenze and @Izak van Langevelde I have tweaked the colors a bit to add in more cool shadows and cool highlights as you suggested, thank you. @Dan B - Very good point about the contrast! I've softened out the eye highlights, and worked more on the mane and other highlights. Haha and yes subtly is totally a weird word!!

There is a lot to like about this, but you could have been more adventurous in choosing your colours. Try to add some cool colours?

Hi there! Overall I think it looks pretty good. I like the colours used and I think there is a good level of darks in there. Looking at it up close it's very textured and painterly. On a personal level I don't really like the way it looks like the canvas is showing through because I think it makes the work look incomplete but I think that's more my personal taste. Overall though there isn't really anything missing to me.

Well done Harmony! You know what helps a lot when you're painting with a technique like yours? Taking into account the slope of the plane you're colouring and following it with the direction of the stroke. Does the surface curve slightly? Follow the curve with your stroke. Tilt 30 degrees? Tilt your stroke at the same angle. Vertical? Vertical strokes, etc. In this way you will have more three-dimensionality.

Structurally this looks great. I think it has a bit too much contrast leading the eye around a lot. I would soften the mane up and lighten some of the tones away from the eyes so they get more focus. Unless the reference looks like this anyway... then I'd just think about how to draw focus more subtly. Subtly is a weird word!

Hey Harmony, I like your lion painting, the face is really nice, and the proportions are perfect. The one thing that jumps out to me is that because all your colors and brush strokes are the same, it makes the painting look flat. The eyes, nose and mouth all feel like they are on the same plane. Varying the size and texture of the fur will help sell the 3D quality of the painting. Also remember that warm colors come forward and cool colors fall back. Hope this helped :)