What I did today? A lot of Pinetrees :)
Thank you Kolbie for all your tipps and insights. I painted this trees for hours, but it was fun an I learned a lot. I did every technique in four different styles and now I have something like a Pinetree-library - I think, it will be handy in the future.

Here are my worksheets:

I you are wondering: I created german words for the different techniques :)

I tried a variety of brushes and understood which one is best for which techniques.
Suprisingly I didn't like to paint the final project - maybe I was to tired - who knows - but anyways thank you for all that I have learned today - means a lot.