Check out artist acrylics at any craft store. A little goes a long way. Or you could use Poly-S model paints. Avoid solvent based paints, if you can. Practice on a scrap piece.
i certainly recognize brunswick green but if i use house latex paint is that a color i will find? Probably dont have to be that precise. a darkish green will probab;y do, and then have a little mixed with black for some darker areas? But I want to avoid sharp differences in color, irght?
new at this art stuff--how best to smoothly marry tan to the green in gradual transition? maybe there is a utube video! There is for everything else.
Might want to be more specific, as far as local. I model the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia and western Maryland. From the river banks the water appears dark green. Yet, from above, the water has a bluish-green turquoise appearance (especially from mid Winter to Spring). And since I look down, I went with the latter.
As far as technique, I like a little tan feathered in along the shore, with olive green on the river bed. Also, put in a brunswick green (or black) to represent deeper pockets. Then I apply artist gloss medium evenly across the surface. I do this several times to get the right "depth" look, even feathering in more color where needed.
For a slow River through industrial area, what color does it appear? A sort of greenish brown? How do you achieve that look?
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