Tweaking Paintings

I finally got around to "tweaking" some of the paintings

I've done so far this summer,

so I thought I'd share some of the results. 

"Docked" (Final version) 

12 x 16 oil 

 The initial version  

The white shape at the upper left corner bothered me

so I took it out, 

and the values on the sail boat and reflections were too dark

so I lightened them. 

"Busy Beach Day" ( Final version)

9 x 9 oil 

The initial version 

The blue chair on the right needed some definition

so I added a red cooler 

and the hint of another chair to break up the space.  

Tweaking paintings "after the fact" can be risky.

I've ruined many paintings that way, 

as I tend to forget my initial spontaneous response to the subject

and end up over working them.

I think these survived.

You?