Thursday, February 10, 2011

Mermaid ATC

I love doing the swaps at Swap-Bot.  They give me incentive to create small pieces of artwork.  Sometimes it just feels good to get a piece done.  This Artist Trading Card (ATC) is a break from the collage oriented pieces in the past.  The swap theme is mermaid and I decided to just draw what I had in mind.  This mermaid was drawn in pencil and then I outlined the above water area in Pigma pen on teal linen cardstock.  Oil pastels to give the watery, immpressionistic feel and then I have painted the 'wet' areas of the card with high gloss varnish. 

2 comments:

Sarah Rothman said...

How do we get a copy of this?! I love it!!!
- Sarah Rothman

Wylde Iris said...

Thanks Sarah. I am not sure, I only made one, what's your idea?