A Glittery Mermaid

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At last I've finished the mermaid painting !





We took the hardboard side panel off of the bath so that I could paint her on there. It was an odd size to paint on and would hardly fit on my easel. I did some of the painting with it across a table because the hardboard was quite thin and bendy and some of the smaller details were impossible to do with it bending to and fro!





I sprinkled some very fine glitter on the scaly parts, like the mermaid's tail and the fish and finished off with several coats of matte varnish over the whole thing.


She's not fixed back on the bath just yet, but you can get an idea of how it'll look if I turn this photo around this way up.

Thankyou to Violette for the inspiration of using glitter in the bathroom!

Comments

Anonymous said…
What an awesome mermaid! Love the colours and the glitters.

Your bathroom must lool amazing!
10 April 2010 at 21:37
Dear Fireflies said…
...and she is gorgeous, Jessie! The colors are so YOU! Hmm, if I had a painting like that in my bathroom, I'd probably spend forever in it and the others would end up banging on the door telling me to get out quick!! :D
10 April 2010 at 23:39
Jess said…
Thanks Julie and Amalia, I've been eyeing up the grotty blank bath panel for years and sort of imagined in my head what I'd paint on there one day. I've actually got round to doing it so I'm very pleased! :o)
11 April 2010 at 10:54
Anonymous said…
she's fantastic! :o)
12 April 2010 at 14:02
Emerald Window said…
I love your mermaid painting. Being a country dweller, I prefer Undines myself (freshwater sprites), but their mermaid relatives are just as lovely.
Cindee
12 April 2010 at 20:19
Evangelina Prieto said…
So beautiful.
xxxxoooo
12 April 2010 at 22:00
violette said…
oh she's absolutely gorgeous.........bravo to you for being so brave and for using glitter! Such fun!

Love, violette
12 April 2010 at 22:28
christine grove said…
Oh wow! That's beautiful. Would love to see pics when she's secured to the bath.
13 April 2010 at 03:56
Lisa said…
Oh my gosh! She and all the fishies are just amazing and wonderful. I hope you show us the whole bathroom when it's all up!!!
15 April 2010 at 22:41
Dear Fireflies said…
Jess, busy are you?? Well, if you have time, please come by... I have an award for you :)
16 April 2010 at 03:28
Blue Moon said…
Hi Jessie!

I'm a friend of Cildemer.
I have just been at her Blog and decided to pay you a visit.

This is a wonderful place to stay for a while. Really cosy and interesting.
I love Mermaids! This one is absolutely marvellous.

Hugs
Birgit
17 April 2010 at 00:12
Blue Moon said…
Hi Jessie!

I'm sure I've left a comment some time ago, yesterday maybe, not positive.

I would love to hear from you.
I've just created my Blog and would love us to be friends.
I too love mermaids.
Birgit
18 April 2010 at 18:45
alixelena2 said…
This mermaid I enjoy very much. Aside from the pretty girl-fish, I love the little bitty fishes, differently colored and sparkled.

I believe my first visit here.
20 April 2010 at 04:07
Nicola said…
Oh I'm so sorry Jessie I thought I had commented on this one ages ago!!! I LOVE your mermaid and her face is so beautiful! It's so interesting to see you working in acrylic for a change, lovely work!!
21 April 2010 at 11:30
Jess said…
Thankyou for your comments, I've got lots of catching up to do and will come out to visit you soon! Sorry about the confusion with the comments not appearing, I didn't have access to a computer while was away as there were queues everywhere with people needing the internet to try to book transport home. I'll catch up as soon as I can!xx
23 April 2010 at 11:51
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