In drawing lessons, I often exhort my students to be honest. There are so many people who love us and praise us indiscriminately on our artistic endeavors. That feels great and keeps us motivated, but it doesn’t help us to get better. Those who draw or paint have the knowledge and ability to point out specific things to help us improve our art. One of my students was in my studio looking at my paintings. She noted that she could immediately see the difference between my earlier and current paintings. I asked her for some specifics: she pointed out a painting of a little shed and showed me where it was lacking in detail. This caused me to pop it out of the frame and add another layer. Glad I did, because it sold on Saturday! Here it is before the final layer and I regret not photographing it again after I retouched it.