I have implemented changes per Sam's critique. I lightened shadows in the back two-three mountains, toned down the yellow/ochre in the biggest mountain, lightened the back ridge, and lightened the sky. I also put some desaturated greens and such at the base of the concave back ridge, varied the pines on the left, and monkeyed with the snow areas. I also restated shadows in the tre-filled hill closest us. Left is update. Right is previous. Water is untouched. Any tint differences are due to lighting variance.

I entered two paintings in my first juried exhibition today. They both got in and I got an Honorable Mention for the street scene. I'll take that. 😃

Hi! I’ve just joined! I’m at the buying supplies stage. What size canvases are you all generally working on for your paintings to get started with? I’m completely new to oil painting. Done a few weeks of watercolor. Thanks!

For being my first oil painting I'm pretty happy. The water is definitely more green than I anticipated, and I'm not sure about the hilight and shadow on the mountain. But I am happy with the clouds. Comments are welcome!

Still have yet more to do. Please share thoughts about the added darks on the right side of the larger hill/mountain in back/right. Distracting or defining? The backmost mountain ridge and the tree-filled hills are unchanged. Any color differences is due to different lighting. Left photo is new; right is from day 2.