Hey I haven't really had a lot of experience with painting backgrounds but I've been working on drawing this background of a beach.

I used Gimp, And I've already been working on animating the water.
But the picture as you can see Is really really plain and boring I just was hoping somebody could gimme a nudge in the right direction.
Suggestions/criticism/paintovers, all welcome!
/I updated a little bit removed the overly light spot and funny line on the left end of the screen, and straightened the horizon, I also blurred the clouds a bit I'll still work on proper clouds and some flair later/

I used Gimp, And I've already been working on animating the water.
But the picture as you can see Is really really plain and boring I just was hoping somebody could gimme a nudge in the right direction.
Suggestions/criticism/paintovers, all welcome!
/I updated a little bit removed the overly light spot and funny line on the left end of the screen, and straightened the horizon, I also blurred the clouds a bit I'll still work on proper clouds and some flair later/