Sunday, June 2, 2024

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


4 comments:

Judy McKay said...

Lovely drawing. Great work Carla. Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create this month. Hope to see your lovely artwork back here again soon. Judy DT https://avenue613.blogspot.com/

Betta said...

Really a great job!!! Well done!
Thanks for stopping by A Place To Start !
Hugz, Bettascrap DT

Chana Malkah said...

Another fabulous project, Carla! Beautifully done! Thanks so much for sharing with us at a Place to Start!
Hugz,
Chana

Gail Hutchinson said...

Wow Carla this is fantastic. Thank you for sharing with us over at Morgan's ArtWorld. Love to see you join in each month.
~ Gail CT