Sometimes it’s good to just play with watercolors. I started this painting by saturating the paper with water, then adding grays, blues, and raw sienna, to get the feeling of a wet day in the Olympic Mountains. Along the lower portion I added greens and blues to simulate trees in the fog. At the very bottom I painted more raw sienna.
As it dried, I envisioned rocks near the bottom so I scraped out some lighter areas with the edge of a credit card. I let this dry thoroughly, which took a long time, then I added some definition to the rocks and some trees above the rocks. Even later I decided I needed taller trees, so I added two more trees. Although I had no source photo, I think it captures the feeling of a foggy day high in the Olympic Mountains.
I love your creativity and the results this brings you. The scene is really reminiscent of the PNW.
It was fun seeing it evolve as I painted it.