Reflecting on my first critique

My artwork was very in depth and creative to a point where it was hard to figure out what was going on unless you actually knew what it was about. My negative feedback was that I should have used darker colors to show more sadness. I really like bright colors so I couldn't help but use colors I liked even though it didn't match the theme of my picture. My positive feedback was that I definitely thought about the story. Getting feedback from my classmates was fine. It made me think a little bit more about my painting and what I need to work on in the coming projects.