a small color study in pastel on clear gessoed watercolor paper. comments are welcome.

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. 😃

Azaleas - 4x5 pastel painting. 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.