Avoid incorporating any bright or saturated colors that would disrupt the painting’s tranquil theme, exclude abstract forms, turbulent waters, dramatic skies, and additional figures or objects that could detract from the focal point of the lone boat, refrain from depicting modern or artificial elements like buildings or machinery that would compromise the timeless and natural setting, do not use mediums like acrylics or watercolors that lack the textural depth and reflective qualities essential for this oil painting.