Donate to the Lead Adventure Forum to keep it alive!
Final effect looks really good - are you using some sort of resin or Woodland Scenics Water Effects, maybe?A minor critique, if I may: if you could better feather the shallows into the the main flow and the darker center you'll heighten the effect quite a lot. Depends on the paint but if acrylics it can be a challenge but can be done by thinning the paint just a bit so you can blend a bit before it dries. And, not a critique but a hope, when you apply the vegetation and/or the banks, want to see the gap between water and land go away. Then it will really pop!
It’s also an excellent educational resource for children. If you have 8 pieces of river and you subtract two, how many river pieces do you have left?