Chugman posted:Most of the comments I am getting suggest it should be darker. I agree at this point.
Here is a picture I took last summer of our local Fox river on a sunny summer day. The water is actually pretty green, but shows the reflections of the sky and the trees on the other shore. This is sort of the look I am after, but I really like Dave's picture too. I want a blue sky upbeat look, but I also want it be realistic and not "make believe" either.
Thanks, Art
Hi Art, Given your photo as a reference point, I am hoping this may be helpful to you.
You probably recall seeing me post some of these shots previously, but they may offer some suggestions pertinent to your quest, at this time.
The product I used was that "Envirotex" Resin, from Scenic Express. It is composed of two liquids which are combined, along with dyes, to create the water you see in these three projects.
I painted the simple plywood bases first, with various earth-tone fast-drying acrylic colors and various greens first, to act as a way of modeling "depth" to the "water." I painted those colors in gradations, with the darkest at the places I wanted a deeper look.
Then, when I mixed the resins, and I mixed-in various colors of dyes but did not stir the mixture up, not wanting the colors to be totally assimilated. I let them swirl around and remain apparent (as you can see here) for a "current" effect.
Finally, as the mixture cured, I covered some of it, a distance above it, and stayed out of the area, not wanting dust from the air to settle on the surface of the slow-curing water. Since a large portion of dust in any room is human skin cells, I kept out of the room entirely until well after the prescribed time period for hardening of the new water.
FrankM
