Roughed In (Very) Foxes

Ever since working on the winter mural I have been inspired to re-paint the two foxes in a painting ot their own.  Here's the beginning.  I re-drew the foxes and made some changes which will hopefully be improvements.  I'd like the left fox to be actually looking at the right one.

I'm just winging the background and am feeling a bit lost in space.  Hopefully, with a lot of work this painting will be successful.  Or will I once again wish I had done a value sketch?  We'll see.