High Bush Blueberry, Spring

Began work on the lower edge with some small blueberry and dead branches.  Still not satisfied with the leaves in the upper left.

High Bush Blueberry, Spring

I laid in some of the blueberry leaves.  They may be too heavy or patterned in the upper left.  The eye gets held there.  

High Bush Blueberry, Spring

Short working time today.  Glazed over the pine and softened it a bit. Added a couple of trees  in the foreground.

High Bush Blueberry, Spring

Today I worked on adding values to the branches.  The pine was too wet to work.  

High Bush Blueberry, Spring

I darkened the pine in the middle ground today thinking it would be a better contrast to the eventual spring green of the bush.  But the intensity brings it forward too much.   And it creates too great a distance between the middle and far grounds.  Two ideas:  glaze the pine with a light tint or put in a transition between two grounds, perhaps both.  

High Bush Blueberry, Spring

Today I tried another approach at the pines in the far ground.  I won't really know what's best until I put in the bush's spring leaves.

High Bush Blueberry, Spring

Today I worked the middle ground trying to get the green to look low growing and to recede into the far ground.  It's getting there on the left, I think.