#230 #231 #232 A bunch of clown fish 10/20/19 thru 10/22/19

The clown fish make me happy, so I decided I would make a series.  I stopped by Howard's Art Supply, to check to see how my donation was doing bid-wise (it was still at $35, with one more day to go) and while I was there I decided to get a few more Ampersand boards.  After working again with these, I've decided I'm not a fan.  If I were more direct with my brushstrokes, I might be a fan, but uggggh, these painting took it out of me.  I put down the fish on all 3 the first night.  They looked adorable and I was feeling good about it.  The next two nights I added the backgrounds....uggggh, that's what took it out of me.  The paint smears so dang easily.  On a canvas surface the ridges must provide just enough of a barrier to prevent (most) smears.  So I ended up dinking with my previously perfectly adorable fish and now I don't find them nearly as adorable.  The photo of the paintings seems to highlight the horrible brushwork.  I spent HOURS and HOURS trying to get them acceptable, without success.  The only one I like is the one that I elected to keep the background water-only.  Uggggh.