Lotus and fish

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Tonight I used Zen Brush. I picked the new Spring backdrop. And I painted a large dot with light value. It looked like a lotus leaf, so I drew a lotus flower at the center - actually it looked more like a daisy. Then I drew the lotus leaf veins that branched out from the center. Ok, so far so good. But something was missing. What was it? A Koi fish. So I put in some effort to paint a fish shape, and then I blocked out the shape outside in so that it looked like a Koi fish. Then I painted the fins, the mouth, the eyes, and the tail. Finally I put in outlines to the lotus flower so that it looked more like a lotus rather than a daisy. Hmm, I need to practice drawing lotus, tonight is my first attempt. Ok, post it and have a good night sleep. It's one o'clock at night. Zzz...