i've always wanted to do things that nobody or only a few have done. that's why for my next painting i've chosen an exotic fish to paint
the beautiful yet venomous lionfish comes in many colors (red, green, navy green, brown, orange, yellow, black, maroon, or white) and they also vary in size. generally they reach a size of 30 cm to 35 cm (12 inches), while smaller lionfish, like the fuzzy dwarf, are typically the size of a tennis ball, not including fins. while in the caribbean where lionfish aren't native, they grow to a size of up to 55 cm.
first i draft the painting in mechanical pencil 0.5 lead so that i can see all the details that i want to include in my painting. then i start with the head because the head identifies species from each other. after this i painted the body of the fish minus the spines. since i'm left handed i started the right side background of sea weeds as well.
i continued on the background of seaweed until the lower left because i mixed too much paint and was in danger of the paint drying up before i could finish all the sea weeds part. mixing another batch of paint is not a good idea because i want all the shades to be uniform.
finnshed painting. 16x20" reeves oil on artist canvas panel.
another look at the painting this time this photo of the painting was taken outside the house under normal daylight.
the beautiful yet venomous lionfish comes in many colors (red, green, navy green, brown, orange, yellow, black, maroon, or white) and they also vary in size. generally they reach a size of 30 cm to 35 cm (12 inches), while smaller lionfish, like the fuzzy dwarf, are typically the size of a tennis ball, not including fins. while in the caribbean where lionfish aren't native, they grow to a size of up to 55 cm.
first i draft the painting in mechanical pencil 0.5 lead so that i can see all the details that i want to include in my painting. then i start with the head because the head identifies species from each other. after this i painted the body of the fish minus the spines. since i'm left handed i started the right side background of sea weeds as well.
i continued on the background of seaweed until the lower left because i mixed too much paint and was in danger of the paint drying up before i could finish all the sea weeds part. mixing another batch of paint is not a good idea because i want all the shades to be uniform.
finnshed painting. 16x20" reeves oil on artist canvas panel.
another look at the painting this time this photo of the painting was taken outside the house under normal daylight.
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