And then she lost her head ;)

The mother's head just kept looking worse--it was too small and was getting smaller the more I worked it (which is a new one for me--I usually exaggerate heads ;), overworked, dull colors, etc. I read in an oil painting technique book (I think Harold Speed's?) that you can put a thin layer of white paint over an area that needs to be reworked, so I'm going to give this one a rest for a few days while it dries and try again. Maybe it can be saved :) I might scrape out the white of the mother's blanket (for maybe the third or fourth time) and try again. Getting those subtle gradations of white to appear three dimensional is really difficult :/