How Can I Paint a Landscape That Hints at a Story?

What can I add to a landscape painting to hint at a human story? How about a pair of bicycles and a family walking on the road? The picture is still about space and light and the season, but now there's something to identify with, something to animate the space. I start with pencil and then semi-transparent washes of watercolor and a few touches of opaque gouache. Using a fine brush I add a gravel road is lined with bare trees, vines, and grassy fields. ART SUPPLIES Titanium white (gouache): https://amzn.to/2XSOld4 Scarlet Pyrrol (watercolor): https://amzn.to/3s04NDt Cerulean blue (gouache): https://amzn.to/2NtFH0E Yellow ochre (watercolor): https://amzn.to/3eSC5AE Burnt Sienna: https://amzn.to/3u0L6MV Watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2L989y2 Travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr Brush set: https://amzn.to/2YeNO0P Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L Water-soluble colored pencils set: https://amzn.to/2DKmT5o OTHER OFFICIAL SITES Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesgurneyart/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/GurneyJourney/ GurneyJourney Blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/ JamesGurney Website: https://jamesgurney.com/ Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": https://www.facebook.com/groups/403006076777641/?source_id=121255121263267 VIDEO TUTORIALS: “Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) https://gumroad.com/l/watercolor "Flower Painting in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/flowerpainting "Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/gouache "Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX004NVKHN “How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00Z4M3XY “Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) https://gumroad.com/l/watercolor BLOG POSTS ABOUT GOUACHE MATERIALS http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-in-wild-materials.html BOOKS: Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: https://amzn.to/2JhWtfc Imaginative Realism How to Paint What Doesn't Exist: https://jamesgurney.com/ Music by Gregor Quendel (freesound.org) and Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)