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Something to consider is how to lead the eye of the viewer to the subject. The viewers eye goes to where the lightest light meets the darkest dark, where warm meets cool, and where there is a hard edge. Most of this happens in this painting away from the subject. I find the most important part of the painting to be the white bear, surrounded by dark blue, with piercing black eyes. The dark background against the light bed is also distracting. The dark pants and the sharp edge at the waist also pull my eye from the subject. Try covering these areas with your hands and I think you will see that the child becomes the center of interest.
Steve
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