Painting the fish tank is always fun, this one shows a side view with the tank on a wooden stand that my Dad and I built several decades ago. Its still standing strong, holding up the tank no problem. The giant algae eater is sitting on the bottom, camouflaged, and a few guppies still swim around looking for food. Getting the interior light effect and exterior glow was a matter of controlling the grey tints and varying colour temperatures from cool blue to warm orange.
Fish tank with stand side view, watercolour 6.5 x 10" cold press, December 2025
The right speaker is so much more interesting than the left speaker, it has a volume control knob, headphone jack, and a green light-emitting diode. To paint the diode I first applied a green circle with open interior. As I filled in the black surface of the speaker, I painted over the green circle to give the impression of green light reflecting off a black surface. Finally, I daubed in some high chroma green (PG36 + PY184) leaving a thin rim of white. Its the same technique I used on the night neon scene of
Dépanneur NDG.
Right speaker green diode, watercolour 4 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4949)
Its been awhile since I sat down and did still life scenes. When in a sitting position with paper lying flat on a table, your perspective is highly skewed... its something I have to remember since I usually paint standing up when on location. You can see in this painting the top right of the scene seems to pull away... that's the perspective effect. Next time I have to hold up the paper when establishing the outline. On the front edge of the mouse, you can see a reflected scene of our living room and my silhouette. I replaced the brand name of the mouse with my initials (its a Logitech of course, as are the speakers).
Mouse my reflection, watercolour 4 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4950)
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