Inspired by Cezanne. Mt St. Victoire

From the too strong vibrant colors of Matisse to the subtle almost pastel colors of Cezanne. There are many shades of purple, violet, and blue in the background. These "cool" colors make the eye think distance. The foreground is reserved for warm colors yellow, red brown, and the middle has the cooler greens and yellow/greens of foliage. Cezanne does very little to create a sense of volume. He primarily uses cool colors to push back and warm colors to bring forward. So looking at it one can just see lots of splashes of color and not really see why they are there. Eventually hills and creases in the mountain appear and a many colored mass becomes a tree. Cezanne may be looking at a scene and figuring how to break it into its many colors, but I may only see the many colors and not be able to piece it back together. I have no idea what he was doing with the sky. In particular the right top corner looks as though he is viewing a mountain in the distance. This doesn't make sense both from his perspective and because I don't think there are higher mountains near St. Victoire. (Near no. But the alps begin 60 to 100 miles away and could be viewed on exceptionally clear days. There are view points of Mt St. Vitoire to the southwest that might allow a view of the alps off the shoulders of Mt. St. Vitoire.) Anyway, I tried to emulate what he had done. Eventually I realized the blue lines were ridge lines and worked at them as such. I tend to get lost just putting dabs of color on in the many places where the object is not obvious. The colors are so light that they must be put on as thin washes. Many require toning down with white which is why the overall impression is pastel like. Most pastels have so much chalk mixed with the pigment that you don't get strong pure colors. Mixing white with paint to get lighter tones does the same thing.