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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!

free printable here

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

Creatively Crafty Thursday Favorite Things   

Friday with Friends Snickerdoodle Make Bake Create

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