When is a fish not a fish?

When its having an identity crisis.....

I've been playing around with an idea lately, I remembered a television programme that I had watched many many years ago, (David Attenborough I think) any way, I was still at school so a very long time ago and it was about a fish that could walk on land and it ate insects, which totally fascinated and frightened me.

I had completely forgotten about this fish until the other day when I was doodling in my sketch book.

Well this idea has been going around and around in my head I was even beginning to dream about it as you know these ideas develop and with a walking fish in mind a few sketches later this fish with legs started to develop...... and its turned out completely wrong, but sometimes wrong can by chance, be right, if you get where I'm coming from.

The legs are in bad shape and the feet are more like something from a cartoon but everything can be rectified and with a lot of patience and some nerve racking moments we are getting there.

So with lots of patience and paperclay here is the beginning of a..........? Well, I have no idea who or what it will end up as.

This is after gesso, several undercoats and many changes to the design.. 17 at the last count.

It looks like its trying to get away..........

"no more changes please"
said the walking fish, trying to escape the studio

But of course there will be.. keep tuned to see what happens next.. more paint or the recycling bin.

I think the fish was called a mud-skipper or some such name.

Please leave a comment as I'm loosing the will to carry on.............. help I need imput.