Tree and Hillside (Oil Bar Painting as of January 21, 2015)

I spent time working on this painting this morning. I am using oil bars to paint a scene that I photographed in October at Appleton Farms, in Ipswich, MA. My reference photos can be seen here, posted on January 2nd and 3rd. Today my focus was placement of the foliage. I am trying to determine where the foliage should cross in front of the tree trunk. (These are the branches that are coming toward the viewer.) I broke out the yellow for contrast. In the end, the tree trunk will be darker, but I am staying with middle values right now because they are easier to change than extremes of dark and light.) I also started added orange and yellow to the ground under the tree.