Fish art: Latest Trout Watercolor painting

[BlkRvr]

Very nice. You have a real talent!

[sanjuanshuffle]

that trout needs to be tested for performance enhancing drugs. great painting!

[Noj]

the crazy part is ive seen your avatar on different posts and thought that was a real fish until i looked back and saw your other drawings... unless it is a real fish and then you made a water color that imitated the avatar so well I cant tell the difference... man you know its good when I cant tell one from the other.. haha.. how long does that take you....

and how much..

[mvtoro]

Originally Posted by FlyFishingBroker

LOOKS GREAT BRO. Looking forward to seeing the entire fish.

For broker... THE FULL MONTY!:



There isn't a flatbed scanner in Utah County big enough to scan this bad boy, and it can't be roll-scanned because it's on watercolor board (because watercolor paper isn't big enough to accommodate a 30" fish) so this is actually taken from a photograph.

[funkeeetrout]

Amazing! You are a gifted individual.

[mvtoro]

Originally Posted by NojYoFish

the crazy part is ive seen your avatar on different posts and thought that was a real fish until i looked back and saw your other drawings... unless it is a real fish and then you made a water color that imitated the avatar so well I cant tell the difference... man you know its good when I cant tell one from the other.. haha.. how long does that take you....

and how much..

That is quite a compliment. When they're shrunken down it's easy to make them look detailed though.

These things take anywhere from a couple days to many many days. It just depends on size (of course) and if I can keep rolling on the painting and know what to do next, or if I can't figure out how to make it look like I want it to look. Like "painter's block" I guess I never really formally learned how to paint, so I'm sure there are techniques that every trained artist knows, that I have to struggle to figure out on my own. But that also means I should continue to get better.

Price for painting a commission depends on the size of the painting and the complexity of it. It's something we'd have to talk about and figure out according to what you want. But there would have to be some size and style that would fit pretty much everyone's budget.

The other thing is I have prints of almost all of these. More affordable and just as sexy.

[aztip]

Another beauty. I still have your Avatar painting as my background on my Work PC and people comment on it all the time.

[WMF]

Originally Posted by mvtoro

That is quite a compliment. When they're shrunken down it's easy to make them look detailed though.

These things take anywhere from a couple days to many many days. It just depends on size (of course) and if I can keep rolling on the painting and know what to do next, or if I can't figure out how to make it look like I want it to look. Like "painter's block" I guess I never really formally learned how to paint, so I'm sure there are techniques that every trained artist knows, that I have to struggle to figure out on my own. But that also means I should continue to get better.

Price for painting a commission depends on the size of the painting and the complexity of it. It's something we'd have to talk about and figure out according to what you want. But there would have to be some size and style that would fit pretty much everyone's budget.

The other thing is I have prints of almost all of these. More affordable and just as sexy.

Tim list the ones available and price in the sell trade buy forum. It couldn't hurt to sell a couple to tide you over the summer...

[Red Raider]

This is incredible. You are very talented! Would love to see more.

[fishunter]

I got some prints from mvtoro and they are great. I couldn't decide which one to get so I bought them all in a small format. I thought I might give some away, but after seeing them I framed every one and hung 'em on the wall. At home and work.

I also wanted a showpiece so I got the closeup of a Brown that he uses as an avatar. Put it a nice 26"x20" frame and it looks awesome in the home office.

Thanks Mvtoro - great stuff.


Big print of Brown Trout


A couple others...