With Studio touches and adding real Sea Fans and my chop
The Making of Amanda's Japanese Fish Print
Schoolmaster (top) and Caribbean Squirrelfish on the rocks
After the paint is applied to the fish the paper is laid down. The rubbing begins using hands to smooth the paper over the whole fish. The paper is them carefully peeled off to reveal the fish in print.
Silver Beach, Viequez, Puerto Rico.
The reef where I caught these fish in 2011 is the twin rock stacks off the tip of land
Paints in the mixing tray along with brushes, tubes of Golden Artist Colors paint, paint roller and old cardboard for propping up fins.
Print 2011 -07 sold at the 2015 Issaquah Salmon Days to Amanda D. of Seattle, WA
Schoolmaster and Squirrelfish matted and framed with Brazilian hardwood. Finished print numbered 2011-07.
Raw prints drying on my "hotel bed drying rack" at Hectors by the Sea, Esperanza, Puerto Rico ( Viequez Island)