There are quite a few pros for my Last Project. The colors on both fish go well together very well, the dark colors and the vibrate colors contribute and bring out the best of each other. Also, the fade of colors or the gradient/transition of a color fading into another color and the layering and bleeding of colors all really fit together with the all of the elements of the piece and really fit the two koi fish I was painting. I incorporated a lot of techniques into the piece, I splattered the watercolor, bled colors together, layered colors, added texture with the watercolor and used both dry and wet paint in my painting. The fluidity and the flow of the appearance of water color, goes well and matches with the grace, elegance, lovely, fluid and the streamline vibe and appearance of a actual koi fish. The watercolor splatters especially contribute by adding the the feeling and appearance that the fish is actually underwater, since they don't really look like the are all going in just one general direction and they kind of just flow and follow the fish in a way and they all don't have to be in a specific place and are just a bit random, which adds to the effect that the fish are a underwater. Also the tail I created with sort of a splatter effect/technique doesn't look like a normal tail for a koi fish and it adds the flow, beauty, elegance and agileness to the koi fishes I painted. The angle and bend and the flowy and feathery look of the fins of both fish make it actually look like they are actually moving and swimming together with each other underwater and make it look like the fish kind of have a deep and friendly bond/relationship with each other. There are cons for my Last Project as well. The splatter near the tail I did for the koi fish to the left, got onto the face of the koi fish the the right and there a some green and blue dots on the face of the fish and while I was trying to wipe off the splatter that got on the fish I smeared a big splattered and now the fish on the right has a green streak on its face and the green streak does not go well or look good with the fish since I didn't really use cool colors for the fish on the right. The proportions and anatomy of the fish on the right doesn't look right either. The front fin under the fish is way to big, the dorsal fin on the back looks way to big as well, and the fin behind the front most fin doesn't look like it belongs there and look like it's too small and doesn't look like it is behind the front most fin either. The fins don't really look like they are attached correctly onto the fish to the right and the fish's face is a bit to round and overall the fish looks a bit too big/plump. The dorsal fin for the fish to the right doesn't look like it's attached on correctly and doesn't have the correct shape of an actual dorsal fin; it kind of doesn't go well and flow with the body. Also for both fish there are in some spot unintentional mixing of colors and there are still quite a bit of blank space in the top right corner and bottom left corner. I first started with the placement and the general outline of both koi fish with pencil. Then I started with the koi fish on the left and painted a section I wanted the tail to be on with water and then used green and blue/cyan watercolor and with a splatter technique and guiding the water and paint a bit, create the tail for the koi fish on the right. Then I worked on the face of the fish and blended/bled red and orange watercolor together and paint most of the face, mostly the front, a blend of red and orange. Then using just red paint create the kind of tornado shaped patch on the fish's back, washed my brush, then using dark blue paint, created the long patch of dark blue on the belly. Then using black paint created a sort of curved patch and bled/blended it into the red and orange patch on the face and added orange and red and black in places where I think they are needed to make the blend/bleed and add more to both sides until I'm satisfied. Then using black paint, I surrounded the the blue patch with a black patch. Then I worked on the two front fins first, starting with right one. I went in with the black paint and created the shape of the fin and using dark blue paint, created the tips or kind of the the "frills" at the end of the fin and kind of allow the blue and black to blend or bleed together a bit. Then for the fin on the left and I painted the shape of the fin with the "frills" with orange paint and let the orange paint dry, washed my brush, then used red to paint/layer a bit of the frills red over ther orange. Then went over some of the fin, layering over the orange paint, with very watered down black paint and guiding the water and paint the way that I want the black layer to look. Then using a more pigmented black paint, added it to the very tip of the fin. Then I did the two back fins next, starting with the left one. I painted the section I wanted the fin to be on with water and with blue/cyan paint and guiding the water and paint a bit, created the smaller fin with longer frills and a bit more of a feathery look, compared to the front fins. Then for the back fin on the right, also painted a section with water and went in with the same blue/cyan paint and created the more feathery fin and for this fin, I let the cyan paint dry, then layered it with some dark blue paint. Then for the dorsal fin or the fin on the back, I used orange paint to create the general shape I wanted. Then using a mustard yellow, red, normal yellow and more orange, kept layering on the colors, waiting for each layer to dry and adding on another color/layer and using those colors and layers, added more to the shape until I like how the fin looked and shaped. Then I used a dry brush and only slightly wet paint to paint and fill in the eyes, careful to leave a little white circle for reflection. Then I moved on to my left koi fish. First I painted a the section I wanted the tail to be on with water and using red paint and using the same splatter technique for the other tail and guiding the water and paint a bit, create the tail. Then once the tail dried, I layered on watered down black paint and guided the water and paint for a bit until I liked how it looked and it went well and flowed with the red. Then, using red paint, added a patch on the face, washed my brush, then painted a yellow patch that was more on top of the fish and blended/bled the two patches together and added paint and water to each side until I was satisfied and the transition between colors was smoth. Then I added a red patch on its back and also added a black patch right next to it and blended the two patches together and again added paint and watercolor until and the blend looked good and had a smooth transition between colors. Then I added a bigger orange patch and also a bigger black patch next the the orange patch and blended/bled the two patches together and also added paint and water until there was a smooth transition between the two colors and I was satisfied on how it looked. The I painted the front fins , starting with the front most one. Using yellow paint, I painted the fin and waited for it dry, washed my brush, and layed on "frills" using red paint. Then moved onto back most front fin and using orange paint painted the fin with the "frills and using red and yellow paint, bled the two colors into the orange paint, doing my best, by adding more of each color and trying to prevent them from mixing. Then, moving onto the back fin, using black paint, painted the back fin with, again, more of a feathery look. Then washed my brush and using very pigmented yellow paint, bled the yellow paint into the tip of the fin. Then I moved onto the dorsal fin and with black paint, painted the the dorsal fin and waited until it tried, and layered red paint on top of back paint. Then using a dry brush with slightly wet black paint, painted and fill in the eye, careful to leave a small white circle for reflection in the eyes. Lastly, using very water down blue and green water paint and using a splatter technique, tap the brush over the paper, over the section near the end of the tail of the fish to the left, with the paint on it and create the splattering and did the tapping a few times and then washed the brush and then switching to watered down red and black, used the same splattering technique for the other tail, tapped the brush with paint over the section of paper that is near the end of the tail belonging to the fish to the right and did this a few times and created the splattering for the fish to the right.
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