The Dance of the Koi

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Comment by Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan on May 11, 2014 at 1:39

Thanks Christina!:) 

Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on May 10, 2014 at 1:13

Delightful!!

Comment by Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan on May 9, 2014 at 12:53

Thank you Silvana! I'm glad you can tell!:) 

Comment by Silvana M Albano on May 9, 2014 at 12:43

That texture looks really great! It's a wonderfu effect!

Comment by Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan on May 9, 2014 at 10:01

Thanks Laura! I really enjoyed painting it. Now I just have to try and get a decent photo of it (without a glare). It's hard for me on a piece this large. Yes, thanks again to Michael for explaining the underwater technique. Like I mentioned, I'm eager to try it! :) 

Comment by Laura Xu on May 9, 2014 at 4:45

Jennifer, this is a beautiful painting and I enjoy looking at it so much!

Michael, thank you for sharing the technique on how to paint objects under water.  

 

Comment by Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan on May 9, 2014 at 4:12

Thanks for taking a look Michael! I am going to try the techniques you explained here but might have to come back for more instruction. Thanks!:) 

Comment by Michael J. Severin on May 9, 2014 at 2:56

Hi Jennifer ...everything looks fine Jennifer ....I just thought that you would be interested to see how to make them go deeper into the water ..if that is what you wanted.  Looking at your larger photo, your edges are good for where the fish are.  Beautiful movement and very peaceful.

Comment by Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan on May 9, 2014 at 2:39

Now you have me wondering about it Michael…I have some close up where you can see the edges more because I did try to address that. Maybe I didn't go far enough. 

Comment by Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan on May 9, 2014 at 1:39

Thank you Michael! This one is done and I'm actually happy with how it looks. I was just posting on here for my album, but I appreciate your input. I found all of my resource photos of koi were in very clear water that looked like glass. I guess I could have made some deeper. My main focus was the movement and I also wanted it to have a surreal feeling of "zen" to it. I guess I could have softened some of the edges a little more though. Thanks! :)  

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