Ricardo´s Art Journey

[Fedodika]

Im not totally sure whats going on in this piece, like is the dog leaving him or guiding him? I dont think the choice of shapes is the best to work with the values youve chosen. For instance you have all your focal points as midtones, and there are no black tones except in small shadows. 

From far away, the dog definitely reads because i can tell his silhouette very clearly, but the man is hard to make sense of as he could very well be a mountain range. The tree tangenting on his cloak only emphasizes that. 

I'll do a little paintover to try and show a possible story alternative. Try to think cinematic, like think, could this be in a film? if its a narrative piece, have a theme. Right now im not sure what it is. But what i did was make the man smokier and further back, instantly you can imply a relationship with just distance, maybe he's dangerous, and maybe he's not. You can add a third figure, or several, maybe they are a traveling group, perhaps its an assassin. 

My point is values tell story, so dont neglect them. Always pic iconic shapes, overlap things, and try to aim for a less is more style, it will make it more realistic, i promise <3