Map for the soul... Personal Map Making challenge for True North Arts group... showing priorities and precious things in my life. Art journal page, mixed media using pastels, watercolor, colored pencils, and Sharpie marker. This came out looking a little like a cross between Peter Max art and the green heroine in "Wicked," but that's ok...it makes me smile.
"Firelands Mermaid II" 2004 Art doll from watercolor paper. Watercolors, ribbon, glitter glue, seashells. Her hair is made from green ribbon that has been braided, and seashells were painted and glittered to form a "crown" of sorts... all color is watercolor, and seashells to cover her little breasts... green pipe cleaners to connect sections of her body.
I was inspired to share her after seeing the lovely mermaid posted by What's Up Roc.
On the back is a quote from "Alice in Wonderland:" "...the time has come the walrus said to speak of many things...of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings--- and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings..."
My son and daughter worked at a camp for several summers, and one of their friends joked that there were mermaids in the pond... thus inspiring this mermaid. I hope she makes you smile...
Art inspired by Kandinsky-- Sharpie extra-fine point marker and watercolor in Art journal. Wassily Kandinsky quote from Concerning the Spiritual in Art: "Generally speaking, colour is a power which directly influences the soul. Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with the strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul."
Art journal page, drawn in gel pen while riding in the car...I was looking in the mirror on the passenger side visor (no, I wasn't driving!) which may account for some distortion. Features seem elongated but a quick sketch is always a good drawing exercise. I like gel pens for drawing, but have to be careful because they do tend to take time to dry and can smear easily. For drawings which color will be added to, I usually use a Pigma Micron or Sharpie permanent marker. Sometimes I paint first and then add any pen work that is needed.
Art Journal page: Craft acrylic on cardboard, magazine images, black Pigma Micron pen, white Uni-Ball Signo pen. Excerpt from poem Beauty by E-Yeh-Sure
