In order to continue my mission to draw all the time and fill up more sketchbooks in 2016, I’ve been busy working on a new theme of drawings each week. At the end of the week, it’s nice to have lots of new drawings and a full page illustration. And I’m learning how to draw so many new things this year, which is really exciting!
My theme for August is freshwater fish, so week 33 in my animal art series features trout fishing.
After doing a quick pencil sketch of my concept, I started out with a watercolor wash for the background colors of each fish.
Then I love to dive in with my tiny paintbrushes to add details and give them personality.
Don’t worry – no harm was done in the process of creating these illustrations. These fish got away!
Can’t wait to turn this sketchbook page into fun new digital art! Drawing and illustrating always makes me happy!
Terri
Click here to see my Weeks 1-16 illustrations, ranging from bears to owls to whales to saltwater fish
Click here to see Weeks 17-20: Backyard Birds, Flamingos, Peacock and Macaws
Click here to see Weeks 21-25: Bugs: Neon Insects, Monarch Butterflies, Butterflies, Neon Spiders, and Moths
Click here to see Week 26: Nature is new every morning.
Click here to see Weeks 27-30: Wildflowers + Pollinators
Click here to see Week 31: Sunfish
Click here to see Week 32: Bass and Perch
Terri's Notebook 
Nice work. Well done!
Your art work is beautiful, did you know that you can feed fishes the way you feed ducks? If you throw pieces of bread in the water where there are no ducks, the fishes will pop up and eat the bread. They are beautiful and wonderful, and it is such a shame that people put hooks in the water to hurt them. It seems to mar your beautiful art works to put the hooks in the picture.
Thanks so much for the compliment! And thanks for the tip about feeding fish too.
You are so welcome! It is magical 🙂