Villa Koi - COMPLETE

This is the completed painting, Villa Koi.  I hope you enjoyed seeing all the stages that led to the finished piece. 

Villa Koi - the Koi stages

Here come the Koi!

Working on the white Koi.

And then the orange and white Koi.

Extreme Koi close up.

Villa Koi - the pond stages

This is the beginning of a painting of the Koi fish at the Getty Villa. 

Putting in the first layer of the pond - a pea green wash.

Laying in the second layer of color in the pond. From this point on, all the paint is applied with a palette knife.

Adding some green to the pond floor.

Laying in the first lily pad.

The next lily pad is a deep, dark red and green.

And another lily pad in another beautiful variation of green.

Added another layer of a much lighter green, letting the dark green show through.

Now for some tiny lily pads.

Spent some more time on the light layers in the pond and then started on the submerged lily bowl.

Added some more color to the bowl but not too sure about the green.

Darkened up the greens on the pond floor.

Added the rest of the paint to the submerged bowl.

Summer Dreams

Lucky to be juried into this show with the California Art Club this summer with Balboa at Topaz!