Heres one more NPR of a very still summers evening with a stone bridge.
I also removed the buildings surrounding the church to try and simplify the composition.

A very strong evening lit version with the sun just peaking over the edge of the foreground building.

2 different lighting conditions around a small lake.

The grass is a simple grass model "painted" using the instancing brush in Thea,I use it all the time for vegetation.
Attached are 3 NPR images of varying moods,this time the grass was done in photoshop.

Here's a low level across the grass with more focus on the church.

Attached are 3 images of an old medieval church previously uploaded to the Thea render site.
The church , buildings and the cross were downloaded from 3d warehouse,the church called "Siebenbürgische Gemeinde" by MedievalEurope and the cross "CELTIC CROSS 1 "by davie.

The landscape is a simple sandbox terrain populated with grass using the Thea instance brush

I remember your images from a while a back,and they were the ones that led me towards the idea of NPR but particularly the way the buildings sit so well in their environment.

I look at some of my early images and they just "sat" in the world.
The key for me since then has always been engaging the context and trying to convey something beyond the building.
Really,really, well done.

Thanks a lot for the compliments guys!
Check out my blog where I upload images done in similar stlyes to those posted here,along with my version of digital watercolours.There are currently 223 images posted.
http://dhrenders.blogspot.ie/

Another sunset version.
No matter what model I make or render,I always end up returning to low evening sun which can create very strong contrasts and highlights,such as on the tall grass at the foreground.
Its definetly my favourite type of light to use and experiment with.

The obligitory night shot with some additional red/yellow lights added towards the horizon to try and bring some colour into the otherwise cold image.

Thanks Rich!Although in the last one and these 2 its almost a case of "Wheres Wally" trying to spot the building!

Heres one from way off,the building is just visible on the middle far right.The sky is the same as the one in the second last image but augmented to add some blue and darkened at the right hand side.

A night shot called "moonlight and torchlight".The light in the building is a lens flare and the light falling across the grass in the foreground is done using the dodge tool again,to suggest someone off to the right pointing a light.

I use the dodge tool all the time even in daylight shots to add highlights or accentuate bright areas.

A much more colourful version with different sky and foreground.Again the sunlight highlights on the middleground grass was burned in using the dodge tool in photoshop .

Its a combination of 2 skies done in photoshop,one bright(you can see the blue just by the moon) the other dark clouds.
I also used the dodge tool in photoshop to increase the highlights on the right and behind the building.The foreground was darkened to help accentuate the brightness of the middle ground.

An old model relocated to a different environment.I wanted to get the feel of a dark evening lit only by a very low sun with a slightly ominous feel from the clouds

A very subdued morning shot.I wanted to get the idea of the sun comming up and starting to burn off the early mist.I couldnt get the sun quite right so I ended up using a lens flare and blurring it a lot and then feathering it to try and create a very,very soft diffused look.
I placed some far away hills in the background but you have to squint to see them!

And another night shot,similarly processed as the previous night shot.

A second view.I know there isnt as much clear space in front of the building in reality but I didnt want it to be too constrained for the image

A night shot based on the previous daylight shot with some warm lights added and the previous sunbeams revised to be moon beams.
(That video of the construction is amazing)