just finished this tonight.. let me know what you think. i'm still new with working with gimp.

Oh I do like that. Did you managed to get your costom brushes out?

thanks. and i did figure out the custom brushes. if thats what you were asking.

Yes and so did I too

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I like how parts of the picture come out of the frame!

thank you, bob ross taught me how to do that.

Very nice. I like the details of the water near the shore.

Might I suggest that adding a touch of "Filters->Noise->Pick" along the treelines might offer a little bit of realism (without turning it into a photograph).

In the screenshot below, I selected the region of the treeline and used the filter's default settings.

Very nice Saul. very good tip.

thanks will keep this in mind next time......thats the one part i didnt like about it. it was bugging me and i almost didnt post this pic because of that.