Busy background, I really want this to work, please advise

[Carolyn Ortiz]

This is GREAT! There's so much energy in this piece, I am really loving it! Especially the way you rendered the horse on the viewer's right, and your cute girl!

I'm probably repeating what other's have said, I think blurring the subjects in the background like the one you did on the pink horse would help, also making sure to blur them more as they recede into the backround. The furthest from the front is a little too crisp (the one in red with glasses), and the red may be too bold for such a background figure. Also the figure on that BEAUTIFULLY drawn white horse is probably too dark. Another rule for creating depth is that darker colors and high contrasting areas come foward while light colors recede. So the dark figure is really popping out right now. Other than that I think this is really well done!