OT(kinda) What do you guys think?

sunfish11

sunfish11

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Hey guys, remember me the refugee from Wisconsin Reef Club? I am still loving all these great stores down here. SaraB is taking me to some new ones next week!

Anyway...

I wanted some ocean/reef paintings for my house, but I couldn't find anything I liked. I take that back, when I went to Monterrey this summer I saw some great stuff, but way to expensive for my blood. I decided to try painting some myself. I haven't painted since I was 13. It turns out I am not that bad at it. What do you guys think?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=202466&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=202467&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

Lisa
 
My mother told me if I didn't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all, but I have to say this..... Very nice paintings. I can't even take a picture that good!!
 
Sweet!

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Prugs, how did you get them to show up in your thread???

Thanks! I also have one of a Batfish and I have one that is a group of fish. Just don't have pictures uploaded.

How many of you have fish figurines or pictures in your houses? Just wondering...

Thanks,

Lisa
 
I will have to upload the batfish when I go home this weekend. I just finished the painting last week. It is the black and orange type. It is tough to resize and get the detail to show up at all...

Lisa
 
Pufferpunk, I am staring at a blank canvas right now trying to decide what to paint. Do you have any particularly stunning pictures that would look good painted? I am not ready to do fish that have to many crazy markings yet. When I get better I want to do a up-close Psychadelic Mandarin. I have to do something sitting in this hotel room all week. It's either paint...or go out drinking. Drinking ruins me for work so painting it is!

Lisa
 
Very, very nice paintings. I have some pics of fish around the house. Not to mention the little foam Nemo(goes on a car antenna) that sits on my entertainment center. :D I want to get some more pics or paintings....:idea:
 
I love that tiny lil guy pufferpunk. He would be cute! Maybe I can do him soon. I am not ready for crustaceans yet, they are hard. I started doing a 16x20 hippocampus erectus Sea Horse in the last hour. I think it is going to take me forever but the sketch looks cool so far.

prugs, I love the way that puple tang is posed, nice picture. I need to do more where the fish is facing at an angle instead of just a side shot. Thanks for the intruction link. I put the tag but didn't use the IMG button.

Lisa
 
Pufferpunk,

Now that is a sweet shot right there. That would make an awsome painting too! The fish is also not that complicated. If I would like to try painting it down the road would you mind? I like how the fish isn't just a flat side shot like I find in all the books when I am looking for the anatomy of a fish I want to do. Do you have this shot in better resolution on your computer?

Lisa
 
Lisa - Those are very nice paintings you did ... I like them! I look forward to meeting you next week! :rollface:
 
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