Thanks!
Thanks for the compliments, it's always good to hear them, as for the questions:
Ralph: To make the water I used three colours of Artistic Acrylics, Titanium White, Cadmium Blue and Sap Green, I put a lot of white the same of Blue and a little green. After that I just mix everything making sure the darker tone stays on one side and the lighter on the other (thus making it the impression of being deeper) (Note: I've done this directly on the place to paint and not in a can). After that I used a cheap clear varnish to give it the shiny surface. Hope you understand what I wrote because sometimes thinking in Portuguese and writing in English is a bit confusing.
Sir_Prize: Well Portugal is a Catholic country (at least something around 92%) and this particular scene depicts the born of Jesus Christ. It's a tradition but it also has a deeper meaning for Christians it represents the born of our religion. As far as I know only Roman Catholic religions have this tradition, I might be wrong so if anyone knows a bit more I would like to learn.
Christmas Cribs can be seen around the world and each nation has it's on interpretation of it. I once saw a beautiful mexican christmas crib made with their own ceramics style that left me almost speechless.
In my country C. cribs are mainly made with green moss but this year I decided to go diferent and created my own interpretation of this particular scene.
