By Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide
Judging when a painting still needs tweaking and when you're risking overworking it can be tricky. Err on the side of caution as it's easier to add something later than to undo it.
Image: ©2007 Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc.From here until I declared the painting finished, I was tweaking -- getting the foam on the foreground rocks done to my satisfaction, creating a sense of waves in the open sea.
You can see that the hint of rocks under the water created earlier on gradually disappears beneath the foam. But having them there, even if only a little shows in the eventual painting, adds to the level of detail in the painting, adds something extra to draw in a viewer albeit at a subtle level.
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