Composite, blending and Smudge painting...THE WAR HORSE

Ray - The effort that went into this is of a magnitude that I cannot perceive. I've tried smudge and have come up short. If, and only if, you want a nit-pick critique, a few bristles of of hair on the bridge of the horse's nose - above the boy's right hand - would have been a nice touch. That's where my eye is drawn.