Although I usually paint familiar places, I've been asked to create a large painting of Glen Coe, a place I have not been. I've "driven" up the A82 on Google Maps streetview, watched videos, and collected myriad online photos. The ones I like the best, because of the light and shadows, show the sun peeking above hills in front of and to the right of the Three Sisters. I'm including a combination of 2 cropped photos with a peice of my first quick small sketch to show what I mean. Here is my question...as far as I can tell the viewer is looking west northwest, so how can the sun be there? I am at 40 degrees latitude and Glen Coe is 56 degrees and I can't wrap my head around it even though it is a summer view. If the view was to the south it would make sense. Before I paint this I feel a need to understand how I am seeing what I think I am seeing. Can anyone enlighten me? If so, thank you.