Oceanic Princess by Jeanne Santiago

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It's been about 6 months since I've done a fantasy piece and I needed to take a break from canine commissions for a few days. This is the first mermaid I've ever painted. Water color on 9x12 Arches 140 lbs hot press paper. Reference photo from Virna Lamour Stock on Deviantart.com http://virnalamour-stock.deviantart.com/

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Kirby 09 Jul 2009

wow! well done, very nice work!!

Anonymous Guest 25 Jun 2009

INCREDIBLE!!!!!! You should sell prints of this! AWESOME!!!!

Jose Velasquez 21 Jun 2009

Great.

Artist Reply: Thanks Jose! :)

stewart pawley 18 Jun 2009

Great work Jeanne! Love this!

Artist Reply: Thanks Stewart - much appreciated! :)

sten struikenkamp 18 Jun 2009

Wow, beautiful! I agree with Anneke, the hands are great!

Artist Reply: Thanks so much Sten! :)

Alberto D'Assumpcao 18 Jun 2009

Splendid work, Jeanne!

Artist Reply: Thanks so much Alberto! Much appreciated! :)

Anneke Hut 18 Jun 2009

I'm totally blown away by that hand! What a skills you've got, Jeanne! My POD!

Artist Reply: Thanks Anneke! I don't know about skills as so much as persistance! Hands drive me nuts and I always seem to redraw them a bunch of times before I manage to get it close to being right. Paws and hooves are MUCH easier for me - LOL!

Maria Anna Machado 17 Jun 2009

BEAUTIFUL.

Artist Reply: Thanks Maria :)

Dan Smith 17 Jun 2009

I like your use of foreshortening in this composition. You nailed it. The tilt of her body adds interest, as does warm hair color contrasting with dominant cool colors. I'm adding this to pics of the day. Would you mind sharing the technique you used for the background water at the painting's top? Dan

Artist Reply: Hi Dan ~ I'm so glad that you liked this piece and your kind comments are much appreciated! I used varigated washes of cerulean blue, prussian blue and viridian -then used both alcohol drops and medium grain sea salt (not at the same time though - separate washes) on the damp washes to get the background effect. How well that technique works can depend on the size of the salt, how damp the wash is when you sprinkle the salt and also the color of the paint. Some colors tend to granulate naurally.

Oceanic Princess

by Jeanne Santiago

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