When to put the Paint Brush down

At this point this is the final piece. A palette knife /brush  16 x 20 acrylic painting of a sleepy owl  peeking out of a hollowed out tree. 

Let's look at other versions.

This is early stage of " laying down colour and not sure where I am going".

Trying to define but now happy with eyes and overall look.

Adjusted the eyes and made the beak smaller.  I kinda like this one . Colouring is  too blue, but that is the lighting when  the painting was photographed. 

Chose  to warm it up abit and add some eyelids.  Two different looks but both cute.   Sometimes you have to decide to put the brush down  and maybe try a new one. 

On the other hand sometimes you have to risk altering a painting to create what really works for you. 

Tried to do all with palette knife but added in  a liner brush for some detailing. 

Fun project. Oh yeah also added some glow in the dark paint. See if it works later. :)

Have a super week!