I wanted to practice on my brush strokes, and to try and illustrate something without drawing every itsy-bitsy little detail. I settled upon an MTG Land by John Avon to basically copy as painting practice. Quite happy with how it turned out :)

Avon Fields

Man, I really do have problems rendering out lighting. It's easy to manipulate shadows if they already exist, but creating them whole-cloth is a pain in the ass.

Desert City