Lucinda's Tree Final final

Knowing when to quit is always a problem when creating artwork.

This is where the piece ended on Tuesday night during pastel class

After not looking at the piece for a week - always a good technique - I saw some issues today that needed to be worked on.
Issue #1 the foreground was too dark and served as a block instead of a lead-in. And I added some orange on the left side next to the bottom of the tree in an attempt to connect the sunny field to the tree and the shaded foreground 

Adding more turquoise blue and some lighter purples over the dark blue in the foreground

Issue #2 - you really can't tell in the photo, but I lightened the background woods and modified the orange foreground weeds on the left. Unfortunately now the area looks muddy.

Pushing too far can create muddy colors

Issue #3 When to quit. I'm still not satisfied with the orange/blue-green area on the left, but this piece has been overworked. Time to stop!

Lighten the foreground and create a shaft of sunlight across the foreground shadow area