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.