2nd Hare painting progression

Work has now resumed on the second of my Hare paintings after completion of the little study.My aim with this painting has been to concentrate on the lighting and colours as much as on the details and my hope is i will produce a more 'painterly' image as a result.I have finished working on the background colours and shadows and now i'm working on the first layer of oil on the Hare itself and starting to block in areas of colour and indeed messing around with those colours to try and work out my mixes for the more accurate top coat.so far there are only minor hints to the level of contrast that i eventually hope to show here with some strongly lit areas as well as shadows on the animal.