Painting my streams

After establishing the stream bed and banks with ceiling tiles they are mudded in with joint compound. Once all the areas are mudded in, I use an old stiff bristled brush to create the flowing water by dragging it through the wet compound. Try to create ripples and eddies around any rock in the stream.

This is what the stream looks like with a brown base coat.

White rapids added to the stream and the stream has been painted on the background, note a hint of it up on the background, behind the foreground trees.