Our final oil painting will be 20 x 20 inches.  As you begin your planning, I'd like to direct you to something a little more simple.  Here are some examples.  What you're looking for is something that would divide the canvas into big pieces, versus a lot of tiny little pieces.  We also need to talk about composition and a 
color scheme.  



Which frog would work better for a beginning oil painting?  Why is the eye cropped where it is?  What is the basic color scheme?