Here is another Koi, yes another Koi I love these guys, they are the national fish of Japan, I wonder what's our national fish is....maybe the trout?

This is painted on 300 lb paper, size 11 by 15 and was painted wet into wet while leaving the fish dry after several applications of paint to the background allowing each to dry before putting on the next layer I started the fish. after all this dried another layer to the background this time pulling the paint over and across the tail and fins allowing it to have some lost edges. This gives the painting a cohesiveness. Also I added some of the warm to the water which helps relate to the Big red splotch on the koi's head I also spritz it with water as the paint was drying avoiding the actual fish, this give the water a little bit of texture in droplet form.