Wednesday, May 5, 2010

I painted today. Hooray!

So, I got a commission from an old childhood friend of Damon's who wanted a copy of my Lotus Mermaid for her daughter's room, since her daughter totally digs mermaids. (I can relate!)

The original piece that I sold was an embellished & mounted print that I sold a year ago on Etsy. It's always weird with prints, because I want to make my "art" pieces individual, and unique, and there were always things about the original that bugged me (i.e. her hands), so I offered to just make an original painting for her based off the original drawing.

Anyway, this is it! She's not varnished yet (it's so hard to photograph/scan after they're varnished), and I'm considering putting a tiny green swaroski crystal in each of her eye to add some sparkle after the varnish is on. But otherwise, I'm countin' her done.

PS- the original has uncovered boobs, but the embellished got some lotuses covering her ladies, since the piece was originally for GDG's Nickelodeon Show, and they wanted family friendly art...

3 comments:

elisabeth said...

ooh! I don't remember the original, but I like that she is a koi and I love how the lily pads and her hair came out! I am a sucker for lily pads. :D

Christy said...

Ohh, I totally love the colors on this. It's really great!

mrspeters said...

We can't wait to see it "in person!" Thank you!

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