if you have an account here.. you could download this guys brush to start off [link]
It's not really that hard.. first start with a thumbnail with blobs of paint... just decide where to put the trees and where the focus should be...no details... decide where the light is coming from early on as well...
Once you've decided... you could lay in the details.. I just used different custom brushes to get those textures... use a little dodge and burn after you've laid down the shadows and highlights for variety.... just keep working on it and occasionally look at real photographs of similar scenes just to make sure you are doing it right.
kinda hard to explain visually but thats basically the process... Thanks!
[link]
It's not really that hard.. first start with a thumbnail with blobs of paint... just decide where to put the trees and where the focus should be...no details... decide where the light is coming from early on as well...
Once you've decided... you could lay in the details.. I just used different custom brushes to get those textures... use a little dodge and burn after you've laid down the shadows and highlights for variety.... just keep working on it and occasionally look at real photographs of similar scenes just to make sure you are doing it right.
kinda hard to explain visually but thats basically the process... Thanks!