With a brush apply scenic cement to an area of the diorama. If you do not have scenic cement you can use watered down wood or elmers glue. You will have to experiment with this to get the right consistency. It should be thin enough to brush on but still strong enough to hold the scene materials.

Then shake your grass material onto the landscape. The wet glue will hold it in place. One of the best ways to shake the material onto the landscape is to simply put it in a folded piece of paper. When the liquid cement dries the landscape material will be held firmly in place.

I have used store bought texture for this. You can make your own textures by mixing sawdust with watered down paints in a variety of colors.

Continue with the different types of landscape. Sprinkle on brown for the dirt and small stones. This closeup shows a variety of materials that have been glued into place by sprinkling. The gray areas are predominantly rock so I have painted these a second time, washing gray and white into them.

A variety of materials can be used to get this general landscape effect. You can use real soil! small pebbles, sand, Sawdust and scrapings from a variety of foam and styrofoam. Be creative. Dye your material and apply them.

Periodically you should cover the work with a liberal spraying of glue. Put glue in your spray bottle and spray the area you are working on. This assures the materials stick to the board and to each other.

Let's move on to chapter 5 "Creating and adding stones and rocks"

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