After letting it sit for a while, I came back and decided that it might be more interesting if one of the girls was upside down:
I liked that better, so now I've transferred my sketch with graphite to my watercolor paper. Time to paint!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Mermaids - Part 1
The other day, E asked me to draw her a mermaid. I realized then that I've ever done a mermaid for a client before. So I'm going to do one for me. Actually, for E -- I promised she can hang it up in her room when it's done. At any rate, I figured this would be a good project to show how my paintings look at various stages of completion. Step 1, of course, is the rough sketch:
After letting it sit for a while, I came back and decided that it might be more interesting if one of the girls was upside down:
I liked that better, so now I've transferred my sketch with graphite to my watercolor paper. Time to paint!
After letting it sit for a while, I came back and decided that it might be more interesting if one of the girls was upside down:I liked that better, so now I've transferred my sketch with graphite to my watercolor paper. Time to paint!
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lucky me - i got to see the first lines of that beautiful mermaid emerge! i love watching objects sail out of your pencil so magically! xoxo aimee
ReplyDeletei hope you'll share the watercolor stage too!
ReplyDeleteyes they look very playful one up and one upside down, i like it too! :)