Fearless Friday, Fish Fantasy
Let’s draw and color fanciful fish today
Fish are kind of like flowers,
you really can’t make a mistake,
they come in all shapes and sizes,
especially when you’re making them up!
I searched for lobster art on Pinterest
and found 2 images I liked for inspiration
One is a metal wall hanging from Etsy {above}
And one is by Patricia Piffath {below}
Since I really wanted to just relax and have fun with this
I didn’t use a pencil, just a liner pen
Drawing anything is basically a process
of breaking your subject down into shapes
I started with the left lobster claw
and proceeded to draw the lobster shape by shape
I pinned a few colorful fish art photos that I used for reference
for drawing the other fish
I drew the fish shape by shape,
just like I did the lobster
To finish the scene I added sea grass and bubbles
You can download a free printable here if you want to color along with me
I’m using colored pencils today
Start with the lightest tones
Add layers of color to build depth
I used a light peach,
then a medium orange, and then a deep red orange
I used 2 shades of green for the grasses
Color the fish with any colors you want
To color the bubbles, color them only partially,
leaving a white highlight near the top of the bubbles
The finishing touch was a light coloring all over the page
with pale blue to indicate water
Fishy fun and now we’re done!
Be Fearless!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado Love Your Creativity
Between Naps on the Porch, Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Turn About Tuesday
Full Plate Thursday Centerpiece Wednesday Creative Crafts
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Jenna, I enjoyed following along watching the fun process for Fishy fun! Beautiful end results and you always make it look so easy. I think there has to be a lot of talent involved, which you have in abundance! Beautiful my friend………
Oh thank you Emily, you are too nice!
Marvelous. Such fun to see your process. Those fish would be perfect for painted rocks too.
They would be great on your painted rocks Carole!
I enjoy the process… of your drawings! It’s all a bit Fishy I would say!
Love it my friend!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you Nancy, Happy Weekend!
The lobster looks really great and the fish reminds me of cute nemo 🙂 Have a wonderful day, Jenna.
thanks Angie!
I enjoy seeing the process and the finished art work is fun and fishy! Happy weekend, Jenna!
thank you Pam, stay safe and dry today!
I just don’t get how you make it look so easy when it definitely is not, at least not for me. It’s beautiful Jenna!
Thanks so much Martha!
This looks like so much fun to paint! I might even give the lobster a try!
Thanks Dorothy, have fun!
I wish this was a fabric design for Gretchen Scott dresses that I adore!
ha, it would be cute on a beach dress or cover up!
Too precious!! I love the “character” of each component. I will definitely be trying a hand at coloring in these sweet citizens of the ocean! Thanks, Jenna.
Have fun, thanks Rosie!
Thank you for the free printable. It was fun coloring and following along with each of your steps. This is certainly a wonderful underwater fantasea drawing.
You are so welcome Jan, glad you had some coloring fun!
Such great colors and whimsy! Takes me right to my favorite beach and snorkeling, scuba diving adventures! Happy Friday, Jenna!
Thanks Rita, I hope there is a beach trip in your future plans!
This is so much fun, Jenna, and colorful! I love the color. 😀 I hope that Claudette isn’t flooding Ono Island. My SIL had some flooding in Pass Christian. She lost her big crawfish pot. 🙁
Thanks Ricki Jill, I’m sure it was awful yesterday morning, but sun was out by 2 pm! Everything looks okay through our Ring cameras, just a bunch of leaves and palm bark in the pool, but the flags are still flying!
I love the fun, fanciful colors! You are really inspiring me to think outside of my box and paint something fantastical! The color is wonderful and so happy!
Thanks Jeanie, just fancy doodling! Have fun!
So fanciful and fun Jenna! Your fish and lobster remind me of Sebastian the crab in the Little Mermaid 🙂