The Cat, The Clown, and The Koi

Two from WetCanvas monthly challenges, and one just because I felt like fish.

Colored pencil May 2009 Challenge, 8x10, Mi Teintes stone paper.

Monthly Oil Pastel Challenge 2009, 6x9, Mi Teintes steel blue paper.

Koi, colored pencil on Artagain black paper, 8 x 10.

From Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, my own reference photographs. Most of my subjects are from my own photograph, but not the challenges shown above.

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