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Have you studied any oil painting workflows, such as fat over lean?
It's pretty common for painters to start out with thinned out paint, then use thicker paint as they progress. This reduces waiting time and cracking.

The composition you chose is decent. The perceptive adds a bit of movement into the painting.
The weakest part is the colors, which makes sense for a beginning painter. I encourage you to paint landscapes from life or photos in order to study colors.
The biggest issues in your colors are your greens and lack of atmospheric perspective. It seems like you are using the green right out of the tube, mixing white or black into it for shadows and highlights. A problem with this is that tube greens tend to look unnatural. Look outside and compare your greens to actual plants. You will notice that plants are either bluer or yellower. Work on your observation skills and study the colors of things around you.

A good thing about opaque paints is that it is easy to paint over mistakes. You could try correcting the colors on this painting once it dries.

anything and everything by James Jean would be mostly appreciated!

Post anything involving steps, resources, stages and processes that professional and sub-pros use to complete their projects.

I'll start the thread off with a few of course. Join in with whatever you got.

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is by James Jean a professional illustrator and fine artist.