Adding Depth

I’d been stuck about how to add some depth to this painting. For days it looked almost like some kind of wallpaper! See below:

Adding some leaves helped, but it still had a very flat look. Which was driving me nuts! Then about mid-day, I had an idea: why not create depth by painting in “fainter, less detailed” leaves? Here’s a close-up (below) of what I’m talking about:

And here’s how it looked yesterday:

Maybe I can finish this tomorrow.