Improved Bulldog Painting from Brenda

A short while ago Brenda sent me her picture, below left and asked for any tips I could give her to help her improve the work. Well just to show how well this works Brenda has sent me her revised version, below right - what a difference. The main problem was the contrast, this has now been corrected and although the background is much the same Brenda is aware of this and will take note to improve this on future paintings.