Here come some crits C:
Perhaps the most noticeable thing is that the background, particularly the red barns, stand out more than the subject of the drawing in the foreground. You could change this by positioning the dog and chicken more towards the centre of the picture, by making them brighter and the background darker or maybe by adding some highlights or something to the dog and chook. Or you can do it with nebulous fuzzy areas of light. (I'm not really doing a good job of explaining this, am I? Too many methods!) However, the bright colours you've used do make the picture stand out as a whole from others around it, which is good. It's clear you've gone for a cartoony style with this, hence the solid black lines, but for the barns' detail (i.e. the dark lines on the red) maybe a lighter colour would have been better? Methinks they stand out a little too much. Overall - the background is great but its relationship to the foreground could be improved.
Hope that helps, and nice job
