In my view you can take what liberties you like in painting, but its got to make sense. That is in spatial terms through linear perspective where the size and shape of objects have a realistic relationship, and in colour terms, through aerial perspective. Hopefully the liberties I have taken are starting to make sense. The long claw like hard shadows on the left are cast by trees in the evening sunset. That part of the painting is starting to become clear but it needs a bit more work. For me the view looks like a giant blanket has been thrown across the landscape and the evening light is defining the undulating hillside.
Towards Edlingham, Northumberland. Day 4