You all overwhelmed me in really liking the picture of koi fish that I posted last week, the most viewing of anything I have ever posted. Seems the color and the movement did what the author of the article I read said it would and it really communicated with the viewer. So I am at it again and trying to see if I can pull together an original watercolor composition that will have as much punch in it for color, movement and action. Doing this again on the watercolor canvas, you can see how much color it sucks up, but it lifts easily and allows you to add multiple layers and layers seems to be my thing no matter what the media. This will not only have the fish moving (I hope - actually the star is a beautiful white koi) but will also have reflections that make a diagonal across the picture itself. Not entirely sure yet how I am going to make that look water like, think it will be using gouache, the opaque water color. Out on a limb here but am hopeful. Even if it doesn't come out I know there will be lots of learning in this experiment.
While this drama plays out I have found a beautiful eagle picture that I just have to do, so will do that maybe will try the drafting film with color pencil again, or end up doing on Stonehenge paper which a lot of color pencil artists use.
Hope you all have a great week painting and thanks for stopping by.
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Happy Painting!
I really miss you! Big hugs:)xxx
ma anche io arrivo!
Che bella serie di nuovi lavori dedicati alle carpe koi! Sono un simbolo forte di buona salute e di longevità in giappone! Io spero che sia così!
Un grande abbraccio da Rita.
What a beautiful series of new works dedicated to the Koi! They are a powerful symbol of good health and longevity in Japan! I hope so!A big hug from Rita.I made a mistake copying from my translator ...