Woodland Scenic Realistic Water Problem

Take your basic earth color and paint along the edges of your pond. Then, while that is still wet, take a dark color and put it where you want to simulate deep water. Leave some space between the two colors (depending on the size of your pond), then move your brush from one to the other, mixing the colors so that when you are done, you have earth tone paint at the edges, dark depths and a blending in between. Some the same principle as blending the blue in your sky with the lighter blue at the horizon.

Good luck,

Richard

Great explaination, and as you blend the “acrylics” you may need to dip the brush back and forth between water and the paint. Work it like mixing on a pallet until you gain the mixed shading desired. Water depth, type of body of water and the overall water color will determine the color of your base. many times, I don’t concern myself w/ an accurate bottom color if the water feature is to be rather muddy or greenish (swampy) as i will tint the base layers and or dry brush (color) the dried layer before another pour.

If you think you messed it up or doesn’t look right, wipe off as much as possible, let dry and start over.

before

after WS realistic water

River eagle, that’s just about the best looking little river I’ve ever seen. The darned thing looks good enough to get in!

Beautiful finished product. What colors did you use? Did you use paint from a tube? Thanks

I’ll second that. Nothing short of gorgeous, that river!

Stu

I used an assortment of colors from a military acrylic set to paint the bottom of the pond,

various junk placed in before water poured.

lily pads painted on top of water with same army camo paints, before finally sealing it all with future floor polish.

this pond is more scummy, with WSRW tinted with olive drab paint for bottom pour, then a clear pour, lily pads have been painted, and before future top coat added

one more trick for the future floor polish

the asphalt parking lot with the whistle truck in the background is getting a tar sealcoat, part painted straight black, and glossed up with the future.

add some orange cones and a woodland scenics roofers set, and bobs your uncle, a whole new scene for your layout.