I saw more fish painting on Pinterest and decided they were a perfect subject for my 12 x 4 wrapped canvases that I bought "3 for 1" the other day: fish-sized. I decided I should do "local fish" and to find out what they were I googled "best fishing Frederick County". Links abound to all the creeks and what type of fish you're likely to catch where. Lots of varieties are local: bass, sunfish, shad, trout. I found myself some old pics and selected rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout and small-mouth bass. I would also like to do bluegills and sunfish, but their outlines didn't fit my 12x4 canvas idea....so perhaps another fish series in an 8x10 size might be coming up. Two nights ago I got their outlines down, and painted dark brown up against the outline. Last night I was able to get the rainbow trout and brown trout completed. They looked off, right up until I added all their speckly spots and suddenly they became "interesting". Adding a color-flowing background made them pop, and I am very happy with how they turned out! Tonight I finished the brook trout and the small mouth bass. I was worried the bass wouldn't measure up because there were no spots. Luckily the stripes were there, and his visual interest is fine. I think these would look best stacked on a wall....we'll see what happens!
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| Preliminary Work 9/2/19 |
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| #185 Rainbow Trout 9/3/19 |
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| #186 Brown Trout 9/3/19 |
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| #187 Brook Trout 9/4/19 |
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| #188 Small Mouth Bass 9/4/19 |
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