Did a painting with my own reference photo

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4. It's got wonderful colors

especially in the sky. But my first impulse was to try to brush off what looks like chalk dust in the sky. But you might be deliberately creating that, although your very still water with reflections seems at odds with the turbulent sky which looks like it might be windy because of the dust. My eye wants to see a consistency of elements reacting to nature throughout the entire canvas. If you want to depict a windy day the water should reflect that. Everything is beautiful but my feeling is that you haven’t finished it.

If you’re stuck my advice is to not do anything until you know exactly what you want to do. Leave it propped up where you can look at it all the time, and not just when you’re painting. It will show you what it needs. Or, to be more exact, your own subconscious will tell you.