I've always loved how neon tetras seem to glow when the light catches them. That little flash of blue and red is what inspired this tiny watercolor.
I tried to keep it simple and let the shimmering pigments do the work, almost like the colors you see when the fish suddenly turns in the water.
I'm already thinking about what to paint next, so I'm curious—what's your favorite fish in your tank? I'd love to discover some species I've never seen before.
Posted by ResidentBake747
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My neurons activated when I saw this. I’ve used metallic watercolors like this, but I didn’t think about painting fish! I love what you did here. As for my favorite fish, I recently got a male blue kribensis and he looks really cool.
oh my god it looks so so good
These are really beautiful and so nicely done. Thanks for sharing OP! 🩵
I’d love to see mandarin goby in these shimmery colours. Perhaps a little red cherry shrimp, that would be adorable!
https://preview.redd.it/bq3zyyqag1ch1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51350ee9c3266f7bff85473d37b959a2e3e612b6
golden wonder killifish would look great like this, the green on the makes really lends itself to the metallic colors
very pretty
I like slide 3 – the pink one
these are so pretty, might I suggest a sparkling gourami and/or scarlet badis
Wow! Do you sell these?
this is so absolutely beautiful. as someone who isn’t very talented but enjoys art for fun, i am begging to know what materials you used to create this!! the glitter is unmatched😭