Green Hill on hwy 40

Oil on Gessoed board. 8*10

I made it today with a group to K country, They were riding to the top of this mountain and well I wasn't gonna be able to do that with my painting gear, which I have to reduce the weight by at least half, So after I got puffed I stopped, looked around and saw this place and started painting, it was good to be out painting in the mountains. it was a fresh green from spring.

I did notice something that I have started to do, I am forgetting to properly place my values, I mean when I am there I am painting, and I see that the darks in the distance are just as dark as the foreground, I paint them even though they be slightly bluer and slightly greyer.

It's not working. So I have to change it, I can only have the darkest dark on the front plane or one plane. and it cannot be the darkest possible dark, as dark dark has to be used as an accent, a highlight to draw the eye to that point. Normally the front plane. If I have the same dark on two planes it will flatten the painting.

So I have to value asign the planes and separate them.
Front plane has a value scale of 7-10
mid ground 4-6
background 1-3
Though this is not a hard and fast rule this is a basic guide line which can be resolved and bent using a basic sketch.

I think that by doing that I will have better results.