Thanks for the feedback so far. I regard scenery as a form of art. We can all do it even without natural art talent.
Like most model train scenery, one can do it over and over again until one is happy with it. After the first couple of stabs at applying paint and Mod Podge, I decided I didn't like the color (initially turquoise which is very pretty but utterly unrealistic unless one is modeling water in the Carribean or Hawaii), so I painted over the dried Mod Podge. I've redone it like that 3 times already.
The color of the deeper stream is a little too dark and blue so I will redo it again. I want to make it lighter (especially along the edges) and grayer while retaining some blue. Also, the waves on the left side are too big (they are wrinkles in the blue paper). After I buy scenery materials at the Big E in 2 weeks, I will smooth out the waves so they are ripples by using a putty like substance that Melgar showed me yesterday. And I will re repaint and re-Mod Podge that stream again.
Arnold
