Evolution of a Painting

I've been painting since I was 5 years old so much of what I do I tend to do without much thought. I tend to paint from back to front, less detail to more detail.. I thought I'd try to show you.  

 I always start by painting the background; for this particular painting the background was the whole square (for most landscape paintings its just the sky). 

 If I didn't already loosely sketch it in, next I draw the main subject of the painting.

Then I start painting from back to front-- in this case the branches. I add all shades while the paint is wet then I added the berries over the dried sticks.  

Lastly I added highlights to the berries and painted in the leaves then signed it.