Go Fish!!

My latest challenge has been to create mixed media funky fish.  I have created a few of these.  Some turn out better than others.  It has been fun and it is a challenge to come up with new ideas.

These fish are created using a template that was provided by the person that started the art swap on ATCs for All.  It is roughly 3.5 inches tall and 8 inches long.  The basic shape could be anything from a guppy to an angel fish depending on the embellishments.  I have been using pieces of cereal box as the base.  From there, the techniques vary.

These are my creations so far.  Enjoy!

Going with the flow is my newest.  You can barely read the saying on top but that was on purpose.
I wanted it to blend in with the dots and sort of act like the lateral line on the fish body.  After all, the quote is about conformity :-).

I don't usually do cute but she just evolved.  Her fins are made from crinkled tissue paper and lots of glitter glue. Her "scales" are made using a chevron stamp and silver ink over a painted background. Her glossy eye is made from Glossy Accent over black and white circles.  Her eyelashes are embroidery thread.

This fish started out with a layer of tissue paper.  The fish on top are hand drawn.  The medium sized one is painted.  The smallest is a hand cut fish coated with a layer of gold embossing powder.

The fish below is actually one fish.  The front is a view from above with the caption, "What lies beneath..."  The white and orange fish is an up close of what lies beneath.  This side is highly textured using gesso and a layer of used dryer sheet under all the paint.  The orange is embossing powder and the raised lines on the fins are drawn with puff paint.