Mermaid Portrait Mixed Media

 This Mermaid Portrait in Mixed Media is from a tutorial by Karen Campbell of the Awesome Art School.

First I sketched the mermaid on Fabriano 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper, following the video and the reference photo and using a Graphicgear 1000 Pentel mechanical pencil. I went over the lines with a Stabilo All pencil. I followed that up with a damp paint brush. I found it a bit difficult to control the water. Once the work was dry, I used a white Posca pen for the highlights.

Although this portrait looks nothing like the reference photo or Karen's, I learned a lot and plan to try another!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/06/june-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2024/06/morgans-artworld-challenge-77.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/classic-design-challenge-05-2024-mayjun.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/06/june-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html