Sunday, April 5, 2026

Blue/Green Mermaid

 

This mixed media "Mermaid" is from a Taster tutorial by Tamara Laporte for "A Year of Magic and Fairy Tales. I followed Tamara's drawing instruction using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil on a sheet of Fabriano 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper. I painted the piece with Jane Davenport watercolors. The details were added with Prismacolor pencils, Gelly Roll Pen and Holbein Artists Gouache, and Winsor Newton Gouache.

I'm so glad I had the time to go back and work on this tutorial. I love how it came out.

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2026/03/crafty-catz-710-anything-goes.html 

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-challenge-86-anything-goes.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-202604-april-2026-anything.html 

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5 comments:

Deanne Saunders said...

So sweet!!! Love the colors!!! Thanks so much for participating in our 613 AVENUE CREATE challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

April 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Chris said...

Impressed you painted the mermaid yourself and really love the gorgeous colours you've chose- beautiful work Thanks for sharing at Crafty Catz.
Chris
x

April 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Pamela said...

thank you for sharing this with us at A Place to Start

April 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
María said...

A super colourful drawing with that awesome background that is perfect for the mermaid. Thanks for joining us at A Place To Start. Hugs, María.

April 7, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Chana Malkah said...

Cute mermaid! Nice study in blue! Thanks for sharing at A Place to Start!
Hugz,
Chana

April 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM

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