Mackerel for Dinner

Hi Val, don't be so modest this is great. I love the colours and the way you have 'sculpted' the bowl. Wish I could do pastel as well as you.

Drat you Val. I was trying to be good. It is off to the kitchen for GF Xmas cake & coffee...A wonderfully attractive platter doing true justice to the fresh subject...well done, like it.

Excellent Val, they look very silvery and slivery! Lovely colour blue used. Really nice perspective too. Your write ups are always interesting.

Yes really great and eye catching !

Lovely vibrant work. I especially like the way you have let the fish drift off out of the frame. I think this works very well and adds a sense of excitment and mystery. Really nice work.

Thanks every one for your lovely comments. Pleased you like the blue Jeannette, when hubby saw the finished painting he looked at it at rather quizzically and asked me where the blue colour came from. I said those were the colours I saw in the fishes scales. He said Hmmm, raised his eyebrows and wandered away !! Thea , the fish drifting out of the frame was a "happy" accident as at first I was going to do them headless in the pan, but as someone pointed out to me, it would probaby make a better painting with the heads on !! Glad you think it works.

hi Val , glad you liked my birds . the bird box was supposed to be very old and wonky, anyway i am practising like mad thanks again. what a lovely gallery yours is . merry christmas , alan

Well done you for finding matching heads! I love the two tone skin and metal bowl - love the colours too

Fabulous colours in the fish.