My elk has a neck!

Yesterday, I brought my elk-in-progress to my quilt group for critique. They said "he needs a neck - he's floating" and sure enough, what a difference it made!So now I have some painting to do, to lighten up the very-pink-tongue and to 'join' the highlighting just above the ear to the light part above it, with Shiva Paint Sticks.
The final step before the binding (if I decide to do one) will be to figure out where to cut off the right side of the background, if at all.