When more is not better :(

 (I kept painting on the "Kwoiek Peak" but it is not matching my mental image of how I want the picture to look. What is happening?
- No value sketch first and "my mental notes are not worth the paper they are not written on."
-  forgetting to look at the photo reference often as I work
- losing the strong lights and darks by over-blending

Moving on (when it is dry enough):
- thin bluish-white veil over the background mountains and sky to push them back.
- shadow glaze over most of the cliff
- detail the foreground vegetation and highlights.