O.K. - please be honest and tell me what you think about this backdrop sample I painted earlier this morning.  I used cadmium yellow and mars black mixed to make the colors.  If using a computer you can click on the images to get a larger view.

For this first view I stuck it up behind the Buck & Loretta scenery.

For this next view I stuck it behind a siding on the opposite wall.

I need a log pond. Is there any technique that will prevent the plastic water from creeping up the logs and rocks and the shoreline? My only thought is to cut each log in half lengthwise and attach to surface of the dried water. If I did this then I could gloss the entire log at the dump end of the pond and the log coming up the rail to the mill should be wet all over. I tried searching but asking the right search question or getting the right search term is very elusive and often more difficult than the rest of the project. Blayne

Here's another part of Davetown.