Daves Tugboat Diorama

While the base was drying I painted the bridge with a coat of Floquil Roof Brown. Followed by a mist of Floquil Rust and then Grimy Black.



With the bridge painted I went back to work on the base. The areas where I wanted sand were covered with Elmer’s White glue and covered with sand that I got from the ocean.

I started painting the background for the water with Windsor & Newton artist colors.



The areas that I wanted to appear the deepest were painted with burnt sienna.



The shallow areas were painted yellow. Between the colors I painted raw umber.



I added blue to all the other areas.



At this point I started getting a little nervous about the way it was looking. I started blending the color and it got worse looking!