Pink Foxes and Rainbow Perch

Lisa describes the process of learning to “get loose” in her art, inspired by an online course we took together yesterday, Pen & Paint - Paint & Pen, from Danny Gregory.

Longtime readers may recall that I first encountered Gregory nine years ago, courtesy of an advertorial reference from the great Dan Misener.

Few ads have enhanced my life more than that one.

For comparison, here are the fish I sketched yesterday:

Sketch of a monk fish in watercolour and ink.Sketch of an orange roughy fish in watercolour and ink.Sketch of a big mouth bass in watercolour and ink.Sketch of a perch in watercolour and ink.

From top to bottom: monk fish, orange roughy, big mouth bass, perch. 

My favourite was the big mouth bass: it got me to try a new “wet on wet” approach to watercolour, and I was intrigued by the unexpected result.

Peter Rukavina

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