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 

9 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

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

Pamela said...

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

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.

Chana Malkah said...

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

Gale said...

Beautiful mermaid Carla! Loving the colors. Thank you for sharing with us over at Morgan's ArtWorld.

~ Gale CT

Rosmarie said...

Beautiful drawing and painting! ...and very intresting background too!! Thank you so much for playing along with 613 Avenue Create. Rosi x
You might also be interested in these two challenge blogs
The Little Things
Dream Factory

Donna Walls said...

Well Done on this art piece! Thanks for playing along at The Paper Funday Challenge, and we look forward to more shares from you soon.
Donna xx
Paper Funday Challenge
The Pick 3 Challenge
The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
The Inspiration Station Challenge

Breanna (tigerodditycreations) said...

Oooh I love a hand-painted card! The colors and texture are absolutely divine! Thanks for joining us at Paper Funday!