Mountain Drive 1956 (Painting Reference)

This is the painting reference that I created from the 1956 snapshot that I posted here yesterday.  The original 2 x 2 photo was a bit blurry to begin with. As you can (barely) see, by the time I cropped the photo to get the composition I wanted, the resolution was not good.  But still, I used Painter to simplify the foreground, etc.   I printed it out as an 8 x 10, and believe it or not, it actually did work for me as a painting reference. Perhaps you can see that I had to sketch in lines to make sure I could see the shapes of the mountains. And of course, I had to rely on memory and imagination for the color.  To be continued. . .