I took some photos of lily pads while boating on Lake Ariel about ten years ago with my husband and friends Roz & Jim Morgan. I particularly prize one of those images and have been wanting to paint it ever since. Here’s the rendition I did a few weeks ago. I had fun with this one.
I’m behind on posting (but not painting!) — here’s the one I did on Saturday. Â Another koi — I think of this one as ‘the beauties and the beast!, because that fish looks like a torpedo or something lethal.
As for mixing the greens, I decided to slightly increase the odds of good leaf color by adding chromium oxide green to my palette for this one.
#7 – Koi #2 Oil on Primed Arches Oil Paper. 10″x8″
Koi with Water Lilies