#ask zinyli

[zinyli]

Sorry if this is an odd question, but how did you first go about learning how to draw and paint fish? Are there any books or tutorials you followed, or was it mostly trial and error going off of reference?

Not odd at all! Always keen to give advice for those who ask (´ｰ｀) In general I started practicing watercolor 7 years ago, been painting with goauche for at least 2 years now :-) With the help of short youtube tutorials, media content and just painting what i see irl, I got to this level 🫡

I was always scared of learning animal anatomy and anything animal related, at least i wouldnt practice that until I felt skilled enough to do it, trying every time to use references bc i wanna keep it as real as i can..here are some of my first fish paintings!

Been experimenting new things each time so i eventually got better at it,,,from previous years of practice you could say i already knew how to pick some of the colors, rn im just faster at mixing them, my mind just goes crazy when it comes to colors :P

My advice is to practice what you love, your favorite things, really makes the process a lot easier to bear, but not without forgetting the fundamentals of art, dont be scared to try new things when you’re practicing, you can always learn something new 🐚 JUST PAINT :D HAVE FUN!!

[zinyli]

men fear you, fish love you

YES !! Exactly…

[zinyli]

I like your creatures

I really appreciate that herpaflurpderp :,) !

[zinyli]

Have you ever drawn a dissected fish? I think they're equally beautiful inside, and if you have id love to see it :3

Just gonna answer this in case it gets lost forever, but no I haven’t! Fish are beautiful in every single way so now i gotta :-D thank you for the request and i will be deff be doing it when i get the time 🌀🌀

[zinyli]

hello! I like to paint lots of things (mostly fish!!) ٩(^‿^)۶

you can call me Fin/Finith or Zinyli !

Here’s my carrd ➜ finithyura (you can find my prints here)

My Ko-Fi ! - I sell fish stickers and commissions ദ്ദി๑>؂•̀๑)

if u have any questions abt my art, please, feel free to ask ( ´_ゝ`) goodbye…