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 The species Betta siamorientalis was described in 2012 and since then, quite a few people I know identified the original called Betta splendens as B. siamorientalis . From the original description, the differences in appearance of the two species are very little. This is only one of a few first drawings I did with water-based acrylic color on canvas. Not much experience with it. The brown background is not really "correct" so I changed it to greenish one. Current status (I might change it later, or not!):

 Thinking about drawing something for fun. Wild form guppies were selected. I started with a pair: I tried to use watercolor pencils at first few sketches but felt it pretty uncomfortable (never used it before) so I returned to watercolor. I decided to add one more male of snakeskin form: The pelvic fin of the first male was wrong so I "deleted" it with white and re-drew. Adding more details: The position of fins on the second male were not very correct but anyway, it's not "taxonomic drawing" :-). I mostly draw fish specimens on a bare background. This time I tried to add a background: Adding more details (fin rays):   I mostly draw fin rays on a fin background painted in advanced. This time I did the opposite: drawing the spaces between fin rays to "create" fin rays.  Also, the dark background make the fish become too bright, I have to "darken" them a little bit. The whole drawing on paper (30 x 40 cm): Drawing a few branches of Ceratophyl...

  Poropuntius (family Cyprinidae) is a genus which is common in South East Asia with a few dozens species. The taxonomy of this genus has not been concluded yet and identifications are rather difficult. I've tried water-based acryclic color recently and below are drawings of 3 Poporuntius species by acrylic on paper. Sizes of drawings are about 24-25 cm. Apart from the first one I'm pretty sure it is P. normani , the other 2 I'm not sure about their species. The last drawing I used  the model which is a flashed photo. The color of the fish is more vibrant and I even increased it more while drawing. The fish is not that colorful in real life. :-)