The #SundayFishSketch started out as a Twitter (now X) hashtag that encouraged like-minded individuals to incorporate art and fish into their weekly lives. Since then, this community has expanded to other social-media platforms, like instagram, Facebook, and BlueSky. It is a great community to join for beginning sketchers and is also a way for seasoned…
Author: Rene Martin
Opah! Special – An Overview of the Charismatic Moonfish (Lampris)
The #SundayFishSketch is an X (previously Twitter) hashtag that encourages like-minded individuals to incorporate art and fish into their weekly lives. It is a great community to join for new/aspiring artists and is also a way for more seasoned artists to practice. Many of the #SundayFishSketch themes can be fun getaways to focus on away…
O-fish-al Art Recap
The #SundayFishSketch started out as a Twitter hashtag that encouraged like-minded individuals to incorporate art and fish into their weekly lives. Since then, this community has expanded to other social-media platforms, including instagram, Facebook, and BlueSky. It is a great community to join for beginning sketchers and is also a way for seasoned artists to…
Avatar: The Way of Water – Breaking down the “Skimwing”
With its release in December 2022, our readers may by now have seen the new James Cameron Avatar film. The charismatic blue-skinned aliens making their long awaited second appearance since the first film released in 2009. Our main characters (now with teenagers of their own) seek refuge with the Reef Na’vi (Metkayina Clan) near the…
O-fish-al Art Recap
The #SundayFishSketch is a Twitter hashtag that encourages like-minded individuals to incorporate art and fish into their weekly lives. It is a great community to join for beginning sketchers and is also a way for seasoned artists to continue to practice. Many of the #SundayFishSketch themes can be fun getaways from your current life while…
#SundayFishSketch O-fish-al Art Recap
The #SundayFishSketch is a Twitter hashtag that encourages like-minded individuals to incorporate art and fish into their weekly lives. It is a great community to join for beginning sketchers and is also a way for seasoned artists to continue to practice. Many of the #SundayFishSketch themes can be fun getaways from your current life and…
O-fish-al Art Recap
This month on the #SundayFishSketch art recap we are highlighting three galvanizing #FishyThemes that inspired sketches, paintings, and drawings a variety of unique fish species. Continue reading for select posts from a range of #SundayFishSketch artists. #MOVIEFLOUNDERS For this first theme I asked our community to sketch fishes seen in movies. These fish could be…
O-fish-al Art Recap
There’s a myriad of reasons that fishes are beloved by people. Whether you’re an angler, a naturalist, or an aquarist, the love of fish brings people together. The #SundayFishSketch on Twitter brings together fish enthusiasts through art. A weekly prompt to get the creative juices flowing, the paintbrushes wetted, and the pencils sharpened. Below I…
Fishing in the deep: A dive into deep-sea fisheries
Most of the things I post about on the Fisheries Blog are associated with art or fun fish facts. My scientific research on deep-sea fishes isn’t inherently ‘fisheries’ related as I study the systematics (evolution) of deep-sea fish groups. That being said, as someone who grew up in the midwest, I have had multiple experiences…
O-fish-al Art Recap
The #SundayFishSketch is a Twitter hashtag that encourages like-minded individuals to incorporate art and fish into their weekly lives. It is a great community to join for beginning sketchers and is also a way for seasoned artists to continue to practice. Many of the #SundayFishSketch themes can be fun getaways from your current life while…
O-fish-al Art Recap
As always, the Fisheries Blog O-fish-al Art Recap highlights the themes, the artists, and the art of the #SundayFishSketch on Twitter. Our artists continue to post amazing illustrations associated with different holidays and events. Continue reading for information and sketches of fishes pertaining to Valentine’s Day, the Super Bowl, and more. #FishyReproduction A tried and…
Repeat Spawners: High Sierra Trout Stocking
Starting the year 2022, many of us a looking back on simpler and easier times. The last couple years have been hard on us all, and those of us here at the Fisheries Blog hope you have a better year moving forward. We wanted to take a look back at the first fisheries blog post,…
American Fisheries Society – #SundayFishSketch Edition
Recently, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) had their annual meeting. This year’s conference was held in Baltimore, MD, home of the garbage eating trash wheels, cleaning up Baltimore’s waterways. The AFS reached out to me and the #SundayFishSketch and asked if our artists would sketch and call attention to fishes of the Chesapeake or mid-Atlantic…
Five Years of the #SundayFishSketch
It started with a desire for accountability, consistency, and practice. My busy life of balancing being a graduate student, working part-time in a restaurant, managing regular household chores and errands, and trying to keep up socially with friends and family didn’t leave much time for many extracurricular activities. My name is Rene, and this is…
Angling for Accuracy
Growing up between the 1980’s and early 2000’s meant at least some influence of the flourishing industry of video games on some aspect of your life. Whether it was a trip to the arcade with friends or waiting for the newest gaming system or that long-awaited game release, the gaming industry has had a far-reaching…
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