Woyww a sneak peak and more fish

Not a lot got done in the last week.

Life got in the way again,

with running errands

and boys turnings 21,

it got quite hectic.

I did manage to do a 

quick painting

last friday

and you can have a peek at it on my desk today.

I played with my watercolours and only gave myself an hour

to do it, mostly because I was supposed to be cleaning the house,

but also because I want to see what I can do if I don't finish

to a fine detail.

I have to say, I am quite happy with it

but still need lots of practise

at painting these little critters.

I will reveal the whole picture for

this weeks Artist's Playroom

tomorrow.

I painted a little more of my fish 

over the week and that is where I was today.

I have included some step by step 

pics.

You may remember that last week I had drawn up the fish

in these two shots I painted the blue background on

and put in some of the darker blue for the fish.

 Here I have started to rough in the fish.

I find it's here that their character develops.

 

This is just to place the colour,

nothing is shaded or blended yet.

It's the ugly stage, where they are rough and ready

but starting to come alive.

I was hoping to finish roughing them all in today

but my little miss is home from school

with yet another cold!!

I will be so glad when winter is over,

bring on spring I say.

My desk is spread around when I paint in the family room,

The plastic pastry storers on the desk

are actually my paint palletes.

I squirt the paint in them and it keeps them wet for weeks,

I have a magnifying glass over the book that I am painting from,

brushes are on the desk, over on the kitchen bench and down on the white table

that Smudge the guinea pig lives on.

My boxes of paints are on the floor.

I like to spread out.

Now you have seen my desks for the week,

hop on over to Julia's 

Stamping Ground and see what 

everyone else has on 

their desks this week.

PS. Sorry it's long Julia
but I only do two posts a week :)