A view of a mountain range with a lake jigsaw puzzle

A few clues to get started

Explore nature, landscape, sky. Look for these features as you bring the picture together:

• Use a visible ridgeline or cliff edge to divide sky from land. Match the angle of that line, then work into rock, snow, or shadow only where those details appear.
• If water meets land or sky, build that boundary first. Treat reflections as a separate area: similar colors can appear on both sides of the shoreline without being neighboring pieces.
• Sort open sky by brightness and color temperature. If clouds are present, follow their edges first and save smooth areas for when surrounding clusters are in place.

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