Your paintings always fascinate me. The trout are beautiful and your salmon paintings on the BE TROUT page are awesome. It is so peaceful to view all your excellent pages of illustrations.
Thanks for stopping by Ginger. I appreciate your encouragement! I still have more work to do, and more technique to learn! I enjoy your work a lot! Keep up the great works! Mark
Your watercolors of all the fish species are really wonderful! So is your photography on the flyfishingphotography blog! Stunning! My brother is an avid fly fisherman and has a cabin on the North fork of the White River in southern Missouri. He would LOVE your work, too! I'll have to send him to take a look at your blogs.
I am not sure what kind of suggestions will be useful to you. But I will try.
I think drawing skill will improve when you draw a lot... that's the way I learned... for fish drawings, i use a lot of fish book and photos to understand the fish anatomy. Then simply practice the different part of fish structure.
One of the advantage of drawing with pencil is you can erase and re-draw many times. I did that a lot, I think sometimes the erases itself give the drawing a special effect and I really like it.
On the other hand, watercolor is more instant reflect of my feel. There are pretty much no room for erase (although you can "lift up" some pigments). That is the beauty of watercolor to me. I just let the water run and expect some special surprises... I think a lot of people especially like this "unpredictable" characteristic in watercolor. For fish painting, this "watery" flow really work out well for me.
So my standard procedure of the fish painting is 1) take a lot of time to get the precise structure right. 2) then just let the watercolor run free and enjoy the unpredictable surprises. Hope this help. : ) Mark
I am a Biologist, Fly fisherman and Illustrator. I love Nature and I study animals. I illustrate the sport of fly fishing. I also love to create arts for kids. Welcome to my illustration site! - Mark
About my work
I love the process of "communication" between me and subject. The process could be built from "seeing" a photo, from "listening"a story, or just from my "day dreaming". Illustration makes all my loves come together. Flyfishing, Birds, Photography and Childish all blended in a fascinating way! I wish you enjoy it. Comments are appreciated, you also can reach me through the email: markyuhina AT gmail.com
Pricing and Kids policy
Thanks for visiting my site! Currently I am too busy to take any commission work. But I will sell the newer paintings. They are all original watercolor works. I use Winsor-Newton Artist-grade pigments on Canson acid_free paper for long-term preservation. The price are listed below the painting. 10X15 inch $150, plus $5 for shipping. 5% donate to TU Alaska for Anti-Pebble Mine project. My kids policy still hold true. If you show me you brought kids fishing, I will illustrate a free art for your kids.
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Your paintings always fascinate me. The trout are beautiful and your salmon paintings on the BE TROUT page are awesome. It is so peaceful to view all your excellent pages of illustrations.
Thanks for stopping by Ginger. I appreciate your encouragement! I still have more work to do, and more technique to learn! I enjoy your work a lot! Keep up the great works!
Mark
Mark,
Your watercolors of all the fish species are really wonderful! So is your photography on the flyfishingphotography blog! Stunning! My brother is an avid fly fisherman and has a cabin on the North fork of the White River in southern Missouri. He would LOVE your work, too! I'll have to send him to take a look at your blogs.
Thanks Phyllis,
I appreciate your kind words! Your art are really inspiring! It always remind me how much fun I have when I was a kid! :o)
These drawings are wonderful! Do you have any tips on drawing fish using watercolor?
Thanks jaclyn,
I am not sure what kind of suggestions will be useful to you. But I will try.
I think drawing skill will improve when you draw a lot... that's the way I learned... for fish drawings, i use a lot of fish book and photos to understand the fish anatomy. Then simply practice the different part of fish structure.
One of the advantage of drawing with pencil is you can erase and re-draw many times. I did that a lot, I think sometimes the erases itself give the drawing a special effect and I really like it.
On the other hand, watercolor is more instant reflect of my feel. There are pretty much no room for erase (although you can "lift up" some pigments). That is the beauty of watercolor to me. I just let the water run and expect some special surprises... I think a lot of people especially like this "unpredictable" characteristic in watercolor. For fish painting, this "watery" flow really work out well for me.
So my standard procedure of the fish painting is 1) take a lot of time to get the precise structure right. 2) then just let the watercolor run free and enjoy the unpredictable surprises. Hope this help. : ) Mark
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