Drawing Fish 52 – 51_Aurora Trout
Drawing Fish 52 Aurora Trout. A very close relative of the brook trout, this little-known fish makes for some good painting opportunities. Went with a overly saturated aurora theme like week 49′s Greenland char. The colors and shapes of the fish flash and streak above a sparsely forested tundra foreground that surrounds a small lake.
Notes: Worked this out with charcoal and watercolor on Canson 140lb paper, then did the same Photoshoppery as with the Greenland char.
Jeff’s version will be here (we’re both late from last week).
Next up this week: the last DF52 image for the year, followed by an announcement about the 2012 DF52 project. For those of you who liked the flies of 2010, I think you’ll be pleased. For those of you who liked the fish of 2011, I think you’ll be pleased, too….
An alternate vision of the image, going more for a sense of night and reflection:
Wow! To me this piece evokes a strong German Expressionist sense. I am thinking along the lines of an early landscape by Kandinsky or Jawlensky. Very striking. I am envisioning a series of brooding landscapes/fishscapes.
JB – This ranks up there with one of my top favorites! The fin mimics the movement of an aurora!
JK
Kel—I see the GE aspects, too. And now you’ve got me thinking (dangerous, I know)…. ;-)
JK—Thanks! Great to hear that you like it that much. The shape and flow of the fin was the centerpiece in my head when I started, and the rest of the piece just fell in around it. I was surprised a bit by where the sky ended up. I had originally been aiming for darker and richer, but the sparse brightness off-sets the deep, monotone tundra, I think.
Liking your AT, too, even if you personally feel that you missed a larger sense of motion. Still a beautiful piece to my eye, regardless of the hoped-for outcome.