StardustLarva's Visual Explorations

[Eyliana]

I think what a lot of your paintings miss are defined edges and contrast. And this one has a bit of the same problems. I think you did great on the shell, you can see that there are darker shadows there and harder edges to define it more, which makes it also more recognizable for the viewer. It also helps with giving things shape.
What you can try is making a picture while working on it and translate it into black and white and see if you can still make out what you wanted to paint, if the image is still there.
I do think your last piece is one of the best so far, so keep pushing, you will get there :)