Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Dark Skin Mermaid

 

This is Karen Campbell's "Dark Skin Mermaid," from her Utube channel. She taught mixing watercolor paints for dark skin tones from Polina Bright's ebook. Karen created an adorable mermaid which I drew in my Canson XL watercolor book, using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel pencil.

I used Prima watercolor paint sets including Complexion. I gave her a bit of rosy  cheeks with a Prismacolor Pencil, details and outlines were done with a black Faber-Castel Pitt Artist Pen. I used a white Gell Pen for highlights.

I loved blending the watercolors for this mermaid!

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/challenge-269-fill-in-blank-in-july.html 

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2025/08/260-polkadoodles.html 

3 comments:

María said...

An awesome drawing. The hair is fantastic and you've played very well with the skin tones. Thanks for joining us at A Place To Start. Hugs, María.

Jackie C said...

She is a sweetie Carla!
We're always thrilled to see each entry arrive in our mailbox at 613 Avenue Create.
We do hope you'll return!
Wishing you the very best of luck with your entry.
Warm Wishes, Jackie,
DT member at 613 xx

Chana Malkah said...

She is adorable, Carla! Nice job on the hair! Thanks for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
Hugz,
Chana