Art is weird. If the task is “draw a koi” that is, on the surface, easy. Be as technical or abstract as you want. If it’s fish like and maybe has some orange in it then it will pass.

But if the task is to “do a koi drawing” we get into, to borrow from law, “term of art” territory. It should be minimalist. It should be evocative without being technical. It should flow like the fish and the water are one.

This is a drawing of a koi, not a koi drawing. I don’t currently have the skill needed to do a koi drawing.

Micron 005, 01, 03. A5 68lb sketchbook paper.