That's it for tonight, I think.

C: wine before, during, and after

It's a wonderful time-sink of a trap 😆

Oh, and also: mind the zoom level! Keeping a grid on is a great point of reference for rudementary width consistency. I forget about it often enough myself...

So the beach gets sorted out first.

A+B: different colours on the same blush sheet. It's to the back of the base colour sheet (C) so it's very subtle and with proper blur settings you can get these lovely gradual shifts in tone rather than clunky contrasts.

C: the base colour sheet.

D: a smudge sheet stacked in front of the base colour. Less subtle and apparently has a talent for sand slopes!

The smudge and blush sheets effectively add to the overall opacity of the colour sheets, and at some point that will have an impact on the underlying texture - but since it's effectively texture covering other texture I don't see any real reason why it couldn't work for the grass area topography. The real challenge will be applying the formula in a way that doesn't look like shit, is all.

Smudge sheets and marble backdrop in the open:

Base colour sheet engaged:

It's a teddybear sat down looking at their smartphone. Obviously.

I mean it's 33% of the map you don't have to put too much effort into right off the bat. The Substantial Body of Water of non-marine maps.