Opah!

Today I learned of the recent discovery that the Opah fish is the first fish known to be warm-blooded! Upon doing a search for images of this fish, I was blown away by its enormous size, bright coloration, and polka-dotted pattern. It looks as though Wes Anderson invented it! So, in the spirit of excitement at this recent discovery I decided to paint one. Mine is one twenty-sixth the size that these deep-water fish can grow to be, which is 2 meters long!

After a quick initial pencil sketch I painted with gouache. Here is how Opah turned out, and some pictures of the process below. :)

I wish everyone a great Friday evening and a wonderful weekend! Opah!

April Project: Day 30

Hello, dear friends! Today is the final day of my month-long daily art posts! It has been challenging and really fun. I feel like making myself share something each day has made me a lot more productive, and I've gotten a lot of ideas started for more projects I want to continue with.

Today is also our last moving day, and because of this I haven't had much time, but I'll share a little ink doodle I did. I think it would be so much fun to take a ceramics class and make tea-couples! Teacup couples. It'd be silly, but so much fun! :)

I think I will take the weekend to unpack and settle in to our new apartment, but I will continue to post things here and elsewhere to share what I'm up to and what I'm making in May. Thank you so much for visiting, and check back soon!

April Project: Day 12

Howdy, folks! Today I worked a bit more on my chair with cats, or cats with chair. I still don't think it is finished, but I'm liking it more and more. Let me know what you think. I'm still thinking of adding a pattern to the chair upholstery. For some reason I love pink in combination with pea green. I'm not sure why I love it so, but I do.

Here is what my gouache looked like as I was working. I thought it was pretty, so I took a picture.

I'll do something new tomorrow, so check back to see what it is. :)

April Project: Day 7

I worked for a while on making the green vessels into a wall-worthy piece, completing any of the vases that went off the edge of the scrap of paper I was painting on. I turned it into a repeating pattern, which I really like. The print is now available in my Society 6 shop, and there is free shipping right now on some items, including prints, so feel free to check it out. I'll make more color options available in time. 

To finish off these vases, I added a few to fill in the gaps. I drew a mermaid on a vase, and I fell in love with her.

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I decided to make her into her own piece. I didn't have much time to devote to her, but this is where she's at. I'd love to play with surrounding her with coral and fish...

Thanks for tuning in! I'll have something new to share tomorrow. :)