I had the chance to create a sky that I really liked.  I also found the trees in this picture to have a bit more substance than the others I have tried. 
Overall, I enjoyed learning in this class.  One of the things that I noticed is how the instructor rounded the corners on her images when painting.  I tried this and found it adds a bit more depth to the image.  For that alone I call it a WIN!!!

Here is the second portion of the class.
As you can see it needs improvement.  Perhaps taking the class on sketching and then coming back and revisiting this may give a better perspective.
I trust that if I take the class there will be a bit of improvement.