A lot more of the smudging/fingerpainting. I decided to do a beach. So that's what I did.
I also decided to bring in Dancing Girl and touch her up a bit. I attempted to correct the...ahem...breast issue and made a few minor changes in addition to that just to make it fit with the scene a bit more.
I redid the sky for this image three or four times. I didn't want it to be entirely congruous; I also wanted a few different kinds of clouds. But things were looking so drastically different I kept redoing it. I'm not wholly satisfied with how it looks now, but I'm not willing to touch it again right now.
The water could probably use more detailing, but this image has ambient light more than anything else, so I kept it to a minimum.
My sister thinks the sand looks like snow and that my waves look like icebergs. I disagree. But I see where she's coming from.
Overall, I like it.
It's the return of Dancing Girl, and she has an even prettier background! I see you fixed up the chest area from last time, but I wonder if perhaps you removed too much...? It seems like there should be SOMETHING to the right of her arm... Just a small little bit, and perhaps some sleeve... As it is now, it almost looks like her arm isn't connected to her body...
The sky is so lovely... I like how you managed to put different types of clouds in the sky, especially those really faint, wispy ones... And the clouds have such beautiful shading to them... The purple is a perfect shade for that...
I think the water looks just fine as is... It doesn't really need any more detail in my opinion, either... I don't really see the waves as icebergs, but they don't QUITE look like waves, either... I think waves have a lot of frothy white to them, especially when they crash down... I think if they were more white and puffy (in a different way than the clouds), that might help a little...
As for the sand, I disagree with your sister again... It does look pretty sandy, and I like how you painted it to look shaped by the water (ie. not smooth... I'm sure there's a word for it, but I can't think of it... ^^;;; )... However, it looks kinda like she's up on a cliff looking down than at the water's level... The water would be more transparent closer to the sand, and you'd be able to see the sand below, or at least there'd be a little frothy whiteness at the water's edge... I can see a little transparency at the left, but I think there would be quite a bit more all over...
Really, this is a very pretty and nifty image, and I like that you're trying all these neat, new things! Just keep working at it! Now that you've done Dancing Girl, I'd like to see even more dynamic images from you! ^-^