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The Story of a Fish

6/13/2019

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A friend of our's is a retired firefighter and now an avid fisherman.  He enjoyed seeing all of my bird drawings, and kept telling me I should draw a Chinook Salmon, which is a fish that is near and dear to the Pacific Northwest.
So he sent me a picture and I got to drawing.  I'll tell the rest of the story mostly through pictures . . .
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I like to fill in the eye first thing so it starts looking alive right away.
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At this point I could have been done and had a perfectly fine salmon drawing, but I wasn't quite satisfied.  It needed a little something extra.  I felt inspired by this image that I found on Pinterest.
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And landed with this.
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I still can't decide if the interior swirls are pretty or just messy, I might work with them some more....  or maybe I don't need to decide.  Maybe I just need to move on.

Or maybe the next step is to bring it onto my iPad and add some digital watercolor.  I did that with my iguana this past weekend.
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I do like salmon better now though, with the pattern added.  It made it more mine.
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Nancy
6/13/2019 04:10:12 pm

Whoa. Your dad - who does not usually gush - GUSHED!!!!
He knew that Pinterest picture was not yours--- but the next one - with the swirls that YOU did - was fantastic - in his and my opinion.
Whoa.

And that iguana is amazing, too.

AS ARE YOU!!!!

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Laure
6/13/2019 04:57:26 pm

Aw thanks!!

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