Reflection and Volume

I began to further define the volume of the bubbles by giving each a bright side and a shadow side.   I took a little side trip to add more details to the otter, herself.  She needed whiskers, in motion, to help create movement, and additional tones of reflected light, to create texture and volume. 

Acrylic on Gessobord.  Click on image to enlarge. 

An interesting sidenote is the color of the water.  While all of the aquariums in Florida that I have visited emphasize flora, fauna, and general water attributes as predominately aqua and light blue, this aquarium favors browns, rusts, teals and yellow-golds.  If you think back (or click back) to the moose painting, the rocks along the shoreline are more indicative of the north shore's base element IRON; they are browns, rusts, deep blues, and blue-grays.