Calling it Done!

I finished the outlining; then made a transparent wash with interference paints and glazing liquid and brushed it over the background areas. This intensifies the subtle background color, just a tad, and gives it a nice shimmer...like  light shining on  the water.

After that dried, I used a circle stencil to add raised bubbles with light molding paste and waited for that to dry. You can always lightly sand  to even them out...I didn't, I like the course texture and irregularity of them.

Once the raised 'bubbles' were dry, I brushed them with a glaze of interference pearl, and then a light blue acrylic ink. The beauty of acrylics...all the various paints, inks and mediums work beautifully together! So there you have it....

Herschel and Selma

All that's left now is to seal the painting and hang it!