Background Daily Challenge

The start of a new Self-Daily Challenge.

As I just mentioned. I'm in a bit of a drawing funk. As I was browsing through DA's stock photos yesterday, I noticed that a lot of stock-artist have a "anything-is-fine-as-long-as-it's-on-DA" kinda thing going. This intimidated me, like ... can I even post wips on my blog? I know I can ask, and they probably don't bite. But I'm quite timid. It just seemed too small of a thing to bother. The first conclusion was not to use their stock. But then I had an... epifany! I'll just use it for practice and post it here, on DA! A Daily Challenge! Like the last one only this one specifies background and scenery. In theory, once I get through this, I should be able to draw my own background and no longer need to rely on their stock (as much).

So specifications:
1) a new drawing each day.
2) time ends at midnight.
3) needs to be a bit scenic, or something that I would use in the background of a picture
4) draw daily, exceptions once in a while for family/emergencies, but no more than one day
5) reference not necessary (but perferred as the goal is to learn and improve)
6) any medium
7) currently there is no set end to this (i'm aiming for at least a month)

_{Disclaimer: I have a feeling somebody stumbling here might get confused. This is a personal project/challenge I am undertaking. If you wish to do it yourself, I applaud you, but uh... it really has nothing to do with me. So no need to ask permission if you want to do it too. (^ ^ ; )}
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Current 'Entries'
_{(like I'm running a contest)}

First are the References, because they're so beautiful. Do check them out if you have time.
Followed by my attempts to recreate it (/. )



Note to my watchers: I will be uploading these to my scraps.
So whether you want to add or remove watching my scraps, that's up to you to decide