I refined the detail on the face some more (especially the ears), then left it overnight. The next day I found myself fiddling, that "I'll just quickly..." mode where you try to fix bits that aren't quite right but really aren't doing anything beneficial to the painting overall. So I decided to leave the painting as it is, regardless of whether it looks like a white horse without a mane or a zebra without stripes. One friend told me the painting is "just the spirit of all equines, past and present." I'll come back to it in a few weeks and decide then what to do with it, if anything.
That orange mistake is still there on the leg, as is the blue one on the shoulder/neck, but they don't bother me. They add to the feeling of looseness (or roughness) on the body which contrasts with the more smoother and finer finish to the head.
Once again there are things I really like about the painting and things I would do differently. Time to start a new painting... As Art and Fear says: "The seed for your next art work lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece."
