Daves Tugboat Diorama

I used a 2 inch foam brush damp with turpentine and blended the color together. Keeping the brush just on the tip worked the best. I rinsed it and dried it several times. I made passes with the brush perpendicular to the deeper areas.



Much to my relief it all blended together very well and looked like water with out any thing on top of it. After it dried I laid a piece of clear acrylic over it to try to get an idea of how it would look with a layer of clear on top of it.



I used the oil colors left from the water to add color to the bridge abutments.

The bridge didn’t look right completely rusted so I dabbed rubber cement in areas and gave it a coat of light blue acrylic paint. After it dried I pulled the rubber cement off. This gave the bridge a nice pealing paint look.