How to draw koi fish in Chinese painting?

Red carp is also called koi fish. Koi fish is all red, which means he has no land. It is also called flying carp and red carp. According to japanese koi's evaluation criteria, both red soil and worthless fish species were eliminated, but Fei carp originated in China and was the ancestor of the evolution of modern japanese koi. People in China like red, and parks and release ponds like red carp, which means celebrating and prolonging life. There are varieties such as German Red Landless and Silver Scale Red Landless. What is rare is that silver scales are red and landless. Red land can be divided into red eyes and black eyes. Red eyes are the most precious and very rare.

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(1) Draw the back of the fish with color or ink first. The color used here is vermilion, which should be different shades.

(2) Draw the fish mouth and dorsal fin.

(3) Draw eye sockets with eosin, tick out gills and fish bodies with thicker ink, and then draw pectoral fins, ventral fins, caudal fins and scales.

(4) Use rouge to add lines to the fins to enhance the effect, use a smooth chin to enhance the scale effect, and finally make the finishing touch.