Hello! If you want to paint something simple but cute, then painting teardrop fish is for you! You can also use these to make more interesting paint swatches or thumbnail sketches.
Step 1: Sketch a teardrop, eyes and a mouth.
It’s pretty self explanatory to draw them… I like making the eyes on the side really large. You can make the mouth happy, sad, mad. You can also add lineart to it, but I didn’t.
Step 2: Paint it in + Ideas
1 | (Top) A simple ombre.
2 | (Bottom Left) I made a little galaxy inside the fish by putting down a couple of blues and purples and then some black at the edges. Then I added some white gouache for some stars and planets.
3 | (Bottom Right) I made a little lavender scene by making some grass. Then I added some lavender watercolor and gouache to make the flowers. After I added the sky, but I should of added the sky before adding the grass and flowers.
I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial on teardrop fish. If you made some, I would love to see them and put them in the gallery. Click here to fill out the gallery form. Thanks for reading!
Whimsical Watercolor 