Haze Into the Hills

The light was filtered through the afternoon haze.  The highlights of the light upon the trees fading into the distance up the canyon was what I found interesting in this subject.

Each painting is different and each painting has a different approach needed to maintain the thought behind the painting.  The rim light running along the trees and the hills had to remain intact.  It was the lightest light.  Normally the lightest light is the last thing added.

The shapes of the hills and their scale was important to the composition.  In order to create some sense of size and distance the trees in the middle ground were placed as a counter point to the highlights moving up the canyon.