Angler Fish Cornhole Board part 4

I decided to take a quick break and just kind of paint a little angler fish for no specific reason. It was more of a sketch I guess. Just for fun. Thats what this guy is. I used ink and wash.

Just a little painting for fun. 

But then I went back to the cornhole board...

I had to figure out what colors I wanted to use, so i did a few smaller paintings just to try things out. I kept it almost monochromatic because I really don't understand colors at all and i was afraid it would get to be too complicated when I was having enough trouble already.

So here are the much smaller practice paintings in oil.

about 6 inches tall.

about 12 inches tall 

These also helped me get used to the oil paint a little more. Or at least they were suppose to.

One of a few reference photos I used.

After realizing I couldn't put off the final painting forever, I did the finished drawing that had to be transferred directly to the cornhole board.

The finished drawing

So this was scaled up and drawn straight onto the board. Which I painted over on top of.  And then... After painting for a few weeks (which actually seemed like decades) The painting was finally finished... And that was that.

Here's the finished painting again, incase you missed it in Angler Fish Cornhole Board part 1.

Of course, finishing this only meant I was halfway done lol... So stay tuned for the octopus board coming up next!