
I have also removed what was an almost comic book depiction of the surrounding water, and in doing so have obliterated her original background and completely redefined it.
I must wait a couple of days now before I go further, as tempting as it is to just keep going. The changes need time to sediment, and I must empty out my eyes and learn to see the image as an existing entity, not an accumulated history of 10,000 brushstrokes.