Rita, I know what you mean, I was the EXACT same way when I started with Bryce, all my first pics were just water and skies with some balls or something thrown in. Then I started adding mountains and progressed from there. Now it is going to take a little time to get where you can do some of the more fancy things but don't give up, it will all come to you. Diane has given you a real good start there, and also check out some of the tutorials. As DM said, Peter Sharpe has some real good ones and so does Ed Baumgarten. I learned ALOT from those two, you can find their websites on the right side of this page under the web resources section. And another great place to learn things is right here at Renderosity. Don't be afraid to come here and ask questions, you will find that 99% of the people here will go out of there way to help you out. And one more thing, just remember that the only dumb question is the one that you never ask. ~grin~ Good luck. Autoloader