Making of mermaid or who doesn't want to be mermaid

in #art7 years ago (edited)


I must admit that Steemit made me to leave my original stick portraits and to go into world of fantasy again. Also I must confes that two person here somehow were ''guilty'' for that :) Thanks @leoplaw and @reinhard-schmid for beautiful comments, sharing and posting your art. You guys made me go back to fantasy world I haven't visited so long. And as every girl once dreamt just for a second, I bet, to be a mermaid, I decided to fulfill that wish here.


So here is birth of mermaid.



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First step, drawing. Paper I took wasn't the one I love to work the most. Canson multimedia, 200 gr, but it turned ok at the end.


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Adding color,started with orange and yellow, adding some ochre and naples yellow


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Slowly going into details


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Adding blue color for background. Here I tested my new Schmike academia small pan ultramarine finest, and totally felt in love. Great colors.


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Some final touches, working on hair, adding some Van Dayk brown, violet and purple with red and orange.


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And here she is finaly, ready to dive into blue :)


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Gorgeous! This left me speechless for a while. Such a talent!

Thank you @m31, you yourself are doing good work, just keep working :)

Wow wonderful , thank you for searing with us....!

That beautiful flowing red hair reminds me of the work of one of my favourite artists John William Waterhouse. I like your inclusion of the scales up her back.

Thank you @opheliafu, I truly enjoyed working this one. And yes, I do love to do detailed hair :)

Wow! This is a wonderful picture. Are you talented :)

beautiful painting :)

Very beautiful - upvoted!

nice art work! my artwork is only in Photoshop the vector art! i love drawing and painting just watching them.thanks for you post i'm now following you!

Thank you @marlon241982 for your comment.

Thanks so much for sharing @jungwatercolour Awesome.
I love being creative and tend to digital work to expand my skills. :)

her face reminds me of the legendary "girl with the pearl earring" Johannes Vermeer

wow, what a compliment :) thank you so much @sanja.janev

The details around the eyes are extraordinary. Thanks for sharing. Followed!

Thank you so much @wernertek, I do take time on eyes, love to work on them.