Whatchama Draw It

Artist Statement

My prompt for the Whatchamadrawit was to draw a fish with glasses and a bushy mustache. I decided to take a more cartoonish route and drew a yellow fish with big lips, speedo goggles, and a goatee. He's swimming in the ocean with some waves and birds in the background and some sea life. I used colored pencils to color it. I meant to make it pretty colorful to add to the cartoonish look and I've never been able to draw a realistic fish. I used a pretty high horizon line since the fish is underwater. While I was coloring the drawing in I tried to shade in some parts and shaded in the fish's body to add more dimension. At first, I was kind of scared by the prompt, but I thought it was fun to make the fish cartoon like and goofy. I think if I were to revise it I would definitely trace the black lines with a thin marker instead of just a colored pencil and I think I could add a lot more detail to the background and setting.