Chinese brush painting

Here is a Chinese brush painting I just finished in Photoshop. With this image I wanted to try a painterly effect and get more familiar with the brushes and "painting" with my Wacom tablet. I want to try and finish and post at least 2-3 new images a week, if not at least one. So if a week passes and you don't see something new, please give me a berating (or a gentle nudging). Click the flowers to enbiggen.

Icicles...

Here's a icicles tutorial I've been working on with a before and after. The first image is the after with the snow and icicles followed by the original image. Click on them to enbiggin.