[edit] I took a better photo of the painting, so these colors are a lot truer. still not quite as bright, though.

so.....this is my newest painting. I finished it on Moday, I think....

I got the idea one morning to draw a girl in a fishbowl, so before I went to school, I made this face in the mirror to kind of get an idea of how the features look, and then in third peroid (biology!) while we were supposed to be taking notes, I sketched it out....It was cute, and the sketch turned out really well for being down without any reference....I was stoked to start painting it. I sat in my bathroom for like 2 hours looking in the mirror for reference, and painting those eyes. I loved them, and I spent so much time on the skin trying to showcase them. I re-painted that skin three times before I got the tone I wanted, then I took a chance and made the shaded areas blue for the waters reflection....I think that made a big difference in the painting

lol. You know I love fish....and can you see that I'm reusing this pallete over and over again? lol. I wish this was a better pic, and you could see the true colors of the painting. To give you an idea of how dark this photo is, those strips at the bottom and top of the painting are pure white in real life. in that pic, they're like mid tone. Maybe darker.

detail:[link]
size comparison: [link]

Oh, and so you all know. It's a girl. lol.
And no, I have no clue how she got her head in there xD