Brushwork Study - Grey Winter

[DarkOwnt]

I'm trying to adopt a new looser brushwork based technique. I created a number of "dry" and "wet" oil brushes, which are meant to emphasize more or less grain and exhibit more or less bristles, and am trying to learn how to use them to blend, both the paint itself and in other cases "optically" (I'm not an artist .. not sure of the proper term).

The following is a first result from playing around with the new brushes and technique. Any feedback as to how effective this is or any tips for how I could improve it would be greatly be appreciated.

Hope you like it! Cheers to all, and Happy New ArtRage Year!