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Published: 2007-03-14 00:00:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 2095; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 0
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First of all, I apologize for taking so long to answer all the comments this week - starting a new gallery is hard work, and I've not had as much time to participate as I'd like. I promise I'll get up early and answer the messages.This is a work I completed today; a commission for a very special client. I've been practicing koi some, but I've never attempted a full-blown painting of them before. This is watercolour, 11" by 14". They're really a lot of fun to paint; I think I'll do some more soon.
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Thank you very much! I enjoyed painting these because it gave me a chance to use colours I almost never get to use! 
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Omg, you can paint water awesomely good too! -overjoyed-
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Thank you so much! I'm pretty happy with this one, so I think tomorrow I'll have another go, maybe a little larger...
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Thanks! I noticed you've added it to your favourites, and I really appreciate it. I got a note from the lady who commissioned it, and she seemed tremendously pleased. She's the one who owns Moose, so I had to do well!
Hey, your package arrived yesterday, if you can believe it! 
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Yup yup. Sure, I'm a big fan of Koi. I should send the image to a friend of mine who worked at a koi farm. Yeah, I'd be suprised if she wasn't pleased.
Yesterday! Ha. Amazing. I was thinking maybe Tomorrow or thursday. Sweet. I take it everything arrived alright.
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They look great! I was really careful in taking them out because I didn't want to get fingerprints on them. Yesterday was a stained-glass day for me, so I didn't do any framing (for once). Looks like I'm finally going to get my partner next week - a Panamanian graphic artist named Marissa (very cool and very laid back - I think it'll be a good match).
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Good. I'm worried they much get bent or something. Heh, well I'm sure there were some finger prints since I signed them... should I have worn gloves or something?
oh cool. Sounds like a good person to work with.
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They're spotless and beautiful, actually. I matted them all black in and white out, and they're really sharp-looking. I'm looking forward to hearing what people say about them. You know my favourite is "Beauty", but Pepper likes the drunk girl!
Marissa is really a fun person; most of her work is very stylized and colourful, so it's very different from mine. I think we'll make a good team.
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Good good. Oh that sounds pretty good. Oh, I'm looking forward to that too. Hey cool, I really like "Party Girl" too.
That's very good, nice to have variety.
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Thanks so much! It's my first real go at koi, so I appreciate the encouragement. I'll try to do a few more. It's great to hear from you again, by the way.
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Yeah, you did a really great job on it.
Those fish are so pretty in real life, and some of em are real big too - they're kinda scary 
Yeah, i've been pretty busy w/ school, i haven't had time for much.... T-T
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They can get really huge! I saw some at Callaway Gardens that were almost two feet long! they could practically eat my whole hand!
School comes first, so smart move on your part. You only get one shot at it, and we'll all be here when you have time!
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I don't remember how big they were, but when i went to Hawaii, the Dole pineapple plantation had a Koi pond, and the fish went crazy when you fed them
I thought they were really big, but then again i was pretty little then...
Yeah... i suppose school is a smart move... lol
It's the first week after spring break and i'm already sick of school, lol XP
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I was just browsing the net the other day for koi because my lovely and talented wife wanted a bigger pond, and I saw a 29-pound koi! It was as big as a dog!
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Geez, that's humongous!! Big fish scare me... lol XD
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XD lol I'm afraid of being eaten by big fish
I'm not on as much.... my teachers keep sending home these papers and assignments w/ me.... I think they're trying to make me learn something.... who knows...
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You probably have little to worry about! The chances of being eaten by a big fish are pretty slim...
Well, I'm glad to hear you take your schoolwork seriously. A lot of people get on DA for hours and hours and complain about their grades. "Hey, if you'd do your work instead of goofing around on the computer, you might have better grades!"
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Yeah, i really do take school really seriously.... I have this thing where if i don't get an 'A' then i feel like i've failed
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Wow! That's just the way I was in school! If I didn't get the highest grade in the class, I'd be crushed. I treated it like a contest, so I usually did well.
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I'm not too bad though. These Korean twins i know are devestated if they only get a 95% on things... crazy Asians j/k
XD i guess i'm brainy.... I don't see it as anything too amazing. I believe anyone could get good grades, it's just that a majority of the school's population is too lazy lol
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I know a few people like that - when you're constantly striving for perfect grades, you're bound to be disappointed now and again. I got my first "C" when I was in law school - I couldn't believe my eyes! I almost dropped out, but then somebody said, "The A's become judges, the B's become clerks. The C's become rich."
I agree on the lazy part. There was never any question that my daughter would go to college and get good gardes in school, but I just can't believe my ears when I hear parents tell their kids they don't want them "wasting four years" in college!
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Parents actually say that!?!
My parents say that i'd better get scholarships because they're not gonna pay for a lot of it, but if i ever said that i wasn't going to college, i think they'd disown and kill me XD
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I actually heard one of the parents of one of our foster kids say that once. I was like, "Dude, you work fast-food for a living!"
I'm sure you'll get plenty of scholarship help - there's a ton of it out there. I got one for being the grandson of a Norwegian dentist, and another for playing little league baseball in addition to the academic scholarships. There are a boatload of religious and heritage scholarships, too, if you look for them.
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Yeah, hopefully i exceeded on the state testing, i think i get stuff for that...
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Wow, thats fabulous, and it looks totally real!
And the water ripple affect is perfect ; )
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Thanks! I was kind of proud of the water - water's always hard.
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And in-between water might be.. snow (:
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Or worse still - slush. D: People around here complain because it never snows, but I'm from the north country, and it gets really nasty there around this time of year with all the slush. Ick!
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Ewww D: Slush is horrible wet slopp ):
We had snow over here a while ago but then the next day it turned to horrible slush >O<
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We had snow this year, actually. One of my neighbours came running over to let us know. She stood outside saying, "Look! There's one! ...There's another one!"
"Uh, are you sure that's not just dandruff?"
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This is very good, Chris! I love it! It goes along very well with your sushi paintings too! Yum....sushi! 
I love watching koi. They are so peaceful.
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That's the thing about commissions and the new gallery - I have to send all the stuff I like and the new stuff away!
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I hope to see more work for fun from you! That's when I see your personality.
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Pepper has insisted on more koi, so I guess I'll do some of those; I need to do my Mona lisa with Farrah Fawcett hair!
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LOL! Yes! Mona Lisa with her hair would be quite hilarious! Pepper has good taste - those koi were beautiful!
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very very nicely done!
i really admire those that can work with paint like this.
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Thanks very much! I hope that with a little practice, I'll get the technique down.
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dang, seems like you got a good grasp of it already. If this is just practice sort of thing than DANG!!!!
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mwaa haa haaa!!!! I am greatar than the lol!!!! I dunno I got nothing, just sounded funny
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This is so beautiful! It reminds me of a really nice time I had at the Japanese Gardens in Ft. Worth.
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate the encouragement, particularly since this is kind of a new subject matter for me.
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Oh, well it doesn't show! I wouldn't have thought that you hadn't been painting them for years!
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Wow! Thanks! Gee, that's the kind of talk that really makes me love my job...
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