Need help. Should I get darker in the water? Lighten the trees on the right? Play with the house

[LunaSea]

3. The water

could use more contrast. Perhaps find some reference photos with a similar lighting angle.
(think a lot of small patches of darker reflections across the whole of the water foreground as opposed to
a solid value change)
You've done a nice job of establishing where the sun is on the left and center, but the right 3rd is lacking the haze toward the back and no detail/highlights on those trees don't really match the 3 trees on the left. Left 2/3rds has a nice atmosphere. Assuming its watercolor, a little spritz on water and some dabbing would pull up some of the darkness way in the back.

And maybe the tree with ears above the little shed kinda bugs me.


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