Hey, @Elvis Murray, cool painting! I see a lot of help has been given already, that’s great. One thing I notice that hasn’t been pointed out though is that the cast shadow on the ground looks too small considering the angle of incidence: light is coming from a really low angle, like a sunset, which should make the cast shadows really long. As study suggestions, I’d recommend taking a look at these two courses which I, personally, find to be very helpful: . CtrlPaint’s Basic Rendering series, parts 1 to 4 - https://ctrlpaint.myshopify.com/collections/foundation-skills (Parts 2 and 3 are especially helpful in my opinion: part 2 covers finding light angle and shadow shapes, and part 3 covers value range and texture) . Fundamentals of lighting with Sam Nielson at Schoolism - https://schoolism.com/courses/art/fundamentals-of-lighting-sam-nielson Hope this helps! Best regards!

Good job so far. What catches my eye the most is that there appears to be sun and sky lighting the croc, as well as a little ambient bounce light. Whereas the ground is only recieving light from the sun. Its like the croc and ground don't share the same value-space.

Hi Elvis! My thoughts are that the light source is very bright, but you have soft transitions. I would either create more harsh (and darker) shadows or soften the light a bit. The teeth also need to be darkened, if you look at it thumbnail size they really stand out. I like the colour choices and how it still shows strong forms with loose brushwork.

I am nobody who can judge, but I'd say the shadow next to the body could be sharper and less round. unless that is wet sand, as a shadow I feel it's too much of a blop and less of a zick zack bam I would expect with such a strong highlight.

Hello Elvis_Murray,that's a pretty good painting,I like the warm light and cool shadows you implemented.On the topic of values,I actually think it's really good,I can see the form quite well.Honestly the biggest critism on value I can give is that the shadow beside the crocodile (the one on the ground)Feel like it should be a bit more cool just to be more consistent with the alligator shadows (Kinda like this John singer sargent painting)and honestly that's more of a warm and cool problem) I guess the other crisitism I can give on value,is that the scale on top of the alligator feel like it should have a shadow beside them,considering how strong the light is.I'll also say the teeth on the alligator feel like it should also be more cool. But other than that,good job,please continue,we really wanted to see how you will use this skill to make your own art.