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Comments on "the details" can seem a little overwhelming, especially in the early investigations of a new medium or procedure (and in my case, late in the thread). There's no question that this is a very striking presentation, and if you changed nothing on it, it still would be. You leaped with ease many of the hurdles that others struggle with for a good while before breaking through.
You are wise to want to print out the comments and give them due consideration in time. Some are necessarily shorthand for more complex notions and, so, might not make a lot of sense in any one critique. Almost all are not just about what you "have to fix" in the work under review, but about the entire approach you will bring to your next painting, and then to your next thirty paintings. It may be #23 before some element mentioned here will lead to an "Ah ha!" experience.
As for going back into a "finished" piece, that happens to be one of the reasons I chose oils rather than watercolors. I rarely get things right the first time, and oils let me go in and make the adjustments.
And to echo my advice in another thread, "Okay. Now get started on the next one."
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