Category: mermaids, faeries and dragons

  • 30 Days of creativity: Day 1 – sprinkling a mermaid

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    Liz

    Today was filled with work and a mad dash to an important deadline…which I managed to make with ten minutes to spare…YEAH! If I wanted to be pedantic, I could say that creating an online newsletter and playing with graphics all days fulfills my creativity quota for today, but since I’m allotting this challenge to…

  • Mermaid still a work-in-progress

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    Liz

    And here I am still painting my mermaid. It is taking forever because I only have small amounts of time to attend to it. I ended up setting it up inside and working by my desk lamp. Not the best, but at least I can pick it up and leave it when I have to.…

  • More mermaids

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    Liz

    Youngest Daughter’s mermaid is likely to be blue or maybe gold, I’m undecided at this point. Aiming to make her different from Eldest Daughter’s (whose mermaid has now been christened ‘Sofie’). The octopus has made a return because he was cute in that first original drawing even though Eldest Daughter kicked him off the menu.…

  • Mermaid still in progress

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    Liz

    Just a quick update before I dash to serve up dinner. My mermaid painting from this sketch last week which I did some more of during the week and today.

  • Mermaid in progress

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    Liz

    This is a follow up on my mermaid sketch from last Sunday. I’ve started painting.

  • Mermaid II

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    Liz

    Do you remember the mermaid sketch I did a while back? Its intention was a layout sketch for a painting for my eldest daughter. Unfortunately, eldest daughter had some reservations about the composition. The octopus got his marching orders and a number of other things weren’t what she wanted, so I’ve revised the sketch, changed…

  • Mermaids: a venture into fantasy

    Mermaids: a venture into fantasy

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    Liz

    My daughter is obsessing about mermaids at the moment. They are a fascinating topic for a four year old and as I’ve been meaning to do some artwork for her room for several years now, I thought they would make a fun subject. Which is okay, except for the fact that I haven never really…