Funky Fish

...not smelly...

    I'm probably echoing the same lament as my fellow bloggers. I haven't started off the year with tons of posts! My issue, however, is a bit unique. I recently moved my furniture around, which has me feeling like I can't really produce anything that I'm excited about. My table used to be right under a light, but now I don't have the main light for the room, over my table. I turn on lamps, open windows and added additional lighting, but I just can't seem to get it to feel normal. Anyhoot, isn't that a weird reason?! Some might say to move the furniture back, but I lived with the same arrangement for nearly 8 years and I happen to like the way everything is right now. So, I guess I'll just have to adjust. 

   Sheesh, I probably lost most of your attention with all this blabbing! So let's get to it! Funky fish...it's a mail art swap that I played in a few times. will probably play in it for a few more times. Here's a progression of one of the fish that I did...it starts with a simple sketch...

I lined my sketch with a Micron pen to start. (Forgive my experimenting with picture taking. I'm adjusting to using a new gadget for that as well....)

At this point I really don't know what direction to take this, but I start with some yellow watercolor. 

I love the look of dripping paint. I painted on clear water in the areas that I wanted the paint to follow. I loaded my brush with yellow watercolor and let it flow. I then took some dark pink watercolor and let it mix and turn orange. 

Here it is after much fooling around with watercolor.

Often times I have songs that seem to play in my mind when I'm creating my works. I'm Like A Bird by Nelly Furtado was the song this time. I dunno why....'cause I'm working on a fish! ...it is what it is I guess....

Here are a few more that I did...