As you can see if you compare this photo to the previous one, the background of the composition has changed totally, with the foreground now dominant and the sky reduced to about a third. Though the composition doesn't follow the rule of thirds in terms of position of the animal's head, I'm happy with it as the body on the left is very 'heavy' and the space on the right gives a feeling of space for the animal to be looking into.
What's that strange band of orange on the legs I hear you ask? A moment's lost concentration, when I was painting the orange and painted over the leg. It dried before I thought to wipe it off and, being acrylics, then it was too late! You'll see in subsequent steps how I glaze over it, but it never totally disappears. Of course I could've painted over it with titanium white or buff straight from the tube, which are both very opaque colors. But I didn't want to as some interesting color had already been building up by my brushing some of the last remains of the orange onto the body.
