Watercolour Mountains

[Blaidd Drwg]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the second painting, but the mountains in the first one are just spectacular. Maybe you can give the river some 'depth' by gently shading the riverbanks as opposed to outlining them. You could even use that to differentiate between shallow river valleys and steeper ones. The forests look just fine to me. They may be a bit less realistic than the mountains are in the first pic, but then again, it's a map, not a satellite picture Whole masses of forest don't look unrealistic to me, actually. Although you may want to suggest some trunks along the edges.

Love to see where you're gonna take this. Keep it up!