Cascade Mountain-Early Morning-Canadian Rockies

First day of Spring in the Rockies! -1c this morning, the sun is trying to break thru the clouds that are moving across the sky with light snow.

I spent a lot of time thinking of how to paint in the dark rock on the mountain. I really want to create a difference between dark and light, but do not want to overpower the painting with too much darkness. I put my first layer of sepia down and now have stepped back to let it dry and then see where I need to have more definition in the shadows.

In the background listening to local radio and Elton John.