Knowing when enough is enough

I couldn't get the looks I wanted but I keep trying (ie-adding more powder). I still might be able to salvage this piece, but not before the art show and not exactly the image I was hoping for. I'll post more if/when I work on this some more.


I wouldn't call this piece a failure, but I should have stopped with just the original image. I tried to add koi with blue and that ended up looking like a blue smudge. So I decided to try and cover it up with a red koi. Next time when I'm happy with an image, I'm stopping there!