How to Paint a Koi fish III the finale.

Hope you like painting your Koi fish and are happy with what you have done so far.

Today we will paint the fish and  close with the waves in the water.

This is what your painting should look like far.

.Begin by painting one of your fish with cadmium red mixed with yellow until you get a yellowish orange

The next part, you will mix in some black with your cadmium red with yellow mixture.

 Make some dots on your fish and streaks on your fins with this Dark mixture. Then take some whit and place a couple of streaks down the middle of his back and fins. Finally horizontal line son the back in the dark mixture

The last part Put some darker almost black like the photo.

The next fish under your lily, will be painted the orange mixture. Add a little orange and yellow with white acrylic and paint your middle of your fish a lighter color.

Add a little burnt sienna to you orange and make a darker color on the bottom of your fish.

Take white and make an eye and  mouth like shown.

The third fish  is painted in spots of the orange.Follow the example.

Then and last paint the mouth in white with a gray mixture in the middle.

Paint an eye in Black and make a white line for a lid.

The Fourth fish is also painted the same way . Orange spots. Notice the back and tail are left white in the center.

Next add Black spots and Black lines. Also paint the mouth white and make two white eye.

Last paint the eyes black.

Go back and cover some of the black lines with a white .AS shown.

This is what your fish should look Like. I forgot to tell you to make the eye on the sold orange black.

Don't Forget to mix up some Blue and green  . Water it down and make a shadow on the orange fish under the lily.

Notice That I placed some ultramarine blue water line on

the  moon

Then I took a small brush and made some white lines.

Last I placed some yellow on top of the white.

Now step back and take a look be proud of your work. It is truly yours and it is not supposed an actual copy . Your style will be seen in your painting. Great Job

Hope you enjoyed your painting ,step by step, of the koi fish.

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