The bog

For the last couple of months I have been working on the bog, this past weekend I finally got to the point where I felt I could finally make the first pour.

I finally settled on using the Liquitex Pouring Medium and I added 3 drops of Vallejo Burnt Umber to 2ozs of the pouring medium, just enough to give it a slight murkiness.  It took three 2oz cups to fill it all in.  Although I knew it would probably take a second pour, since this stuff reduces in thickness as it dries.

I had to coax it around the edges, weeds and trees, but it flowed in nice and smooth.  Another bonus of this stuff, as Boomer mentioned, it does not creep.  Having said that, as I said, when it dries it reduces in thickness so it does have the appearance of creeping up the banks and trees.  Hopefully the second pour will not shrink as much or be as noticeable.  If it does, I do have a backup plan.

The first image was taken within minutes of making the original pour, it does have a milky appearance, but it starts to dry fairly quickly and begins to clear up as well.

The following three images were taken a couple of days later, it still took another couple of days to fully cure.

I still have some minor details to add to the water and surrounding areas, but so far so good, I'm happy with it so far.  Time will tell.