Once the background was added, I continued to work on Jeter to give him more definition, concentrating mostly on his head. Obviously the face is the most important focal point in any portrait, so I needed to make sure there was enough of a likeness there.

He’s definitely looking more furry!

I continued giving him more tufts of fur on his body and legs and added more detail around the mouth.

At this stage, I needed to figure out how detailed I wanted the grass to be. I decided to go with sharp strokes in the foreground by swiping upwards with three different shades of green. I went back into the foreground grass with some medium brown to root his feet better, as well.

I asked Eric’s opinion and he thought Jeter still looked too “soft” and wanted slightly more detail in the grassy background, so I added more strokes to the background and put in several wisps on hair on his back and legs.

The final product…