05 October 2007

Of Mermaids and Halloween


Finally, I can show the mermaids I made for the swap on Violette's message board. These were sent to Sioux. The first one is an altered playing card doll. The picture didn't come out well but I can tell you there's glitter on her tail!








The second one is a paper spool collage. Of course, I used an image from ArtChixStudio on it.

The third one is a little watercolour painting with glitter added on the tail.





I've been wanting to do little banners like these and last night (seeing as I couldn't fall asleep even though I had to wake up earlier than usual this morning) seemed as good a time as any to start. I've been very inspired by all the Halloween art I've seen out there in blogland and in magazines so that's the theme I used. So the black and white one was done last night with finishing touches added this morning. The purple one I started this morning and finished this afternoon. The beauty of working small shifts in the day (lunchtime and after-school) is that it gives me time to create stuff and then walk away for a few hours before going back to it and seeing it in a different light (literally!)

2 comments:

violette said...

Oh gosh......i'm envious now! I just love the whimsical mermaid.......and the banner......wow! I think i'll make a halloween banner too! Thanks for the inspiration!

love, Violette

CeeCee said...

Pas du "glit-ther"?!?! Woohoo! I love your banners; they are way cool! Ceeya tomorrow!
CC