All done with chalk grated to form the banks and finer for the water,giving the illusion of depth.
This may not score well, but I enjoyed doing it.
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Wow - this is magnificent, Brian!! Congrats on the top ten (though should have been higher) and really hope you have a nice large print of this for yourself. Very creative and marvelously executed. Gorgeous!!