I had so much fun painting this. I started with a handmade piece of circular watercolor paper that has a beautiful deckle edge. It isn't sized so I sealed it with acrylic matte medium. My intention was to use watercolor as my medium but I was having trouble building my darks so I switched to acrylic thinned to a watercolor consistency. Painting the thin layers to build up the colors and seeing the image emerge was really enjoyable.
Fish Lips
Image size 21.5" Diameter
Acrylic
I love this koi painting...SO unique and it looks like watercolor! Excellent!
ReplyDeleteThank you Hilda. It is very much like watercolor because I used the liquid acrylics and used watercolor techniques. The only thing missing is the wonderful sedimentary quality of the watercolor paints. I am thinking of adding a few last layers using watercolor so that I can get that feel.
ReplyDeleteFish have made me squeamish since I was a little girl (and still do). But these two look so beautiful! I love the colors and motion in the water itself. And I can think of a couple of actresses with lips just like that white fish's lips. Great work, Nancy!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry.
DeleteOh you crazy girl, all those enhanced lips are pouting!!! This is fun, they make such good subjects, always begging. I am intrigued at how you got such nice blending and soft edges with the acrylic. Still have much to learn in that media. As always you have a way with water and love all the color in it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nelvia. The blending was easy because the paper was sealed so the paint didn't sink into the paper and I worked very wet so there was plenty of time to work with the paint.
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