Simon, I'm glad you're getting such a warm welcome and such good advice! (And welcome!) You have nice brushwork here, a good feeling of the outdoors and the boy's face is well executed, nice job!
No one has addressed the problem I'm having with your painting, which is the size and proportions of the dog. If it's standing, its legs will have to be very long for the breed, even if the boy is sitting, and if the dog is sitting, what is it sitting on?
I like vignetting generally, I'm just visually... confused, I guess. It just feels like you are fudging two seperate photo resources, which is tricky to do.
Hope it doesn't sound like we are all jumping on you at once.
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