Mermaid In Progress...updates...

Here are a few updated photos of Seraphine and her finished base.

Mermaid In Progress...pics and a name

The name I've given this fiery goldfish mermaid is Seraphine, meaning buring fire. She's coming along nicely. She'll need arms, hands, and a neck sculpted and painted then she'll be ready for hair and accessories. Here are are few pics of her progress.

Mermaid's Progress...

Yesterday I added bulk and sculpted the torso and most of the tail. Today I added a little more bulk to her tail to even her up and sculpted her head. I used lovely reflective pink pearl beads for her eyes, gives an eerie but breathless appearance. I also added a bit of genesis paints to the face to give her a more realistic skin tone. Then blushed her cheeks and lips to add some color. Finally used some orange, skin tones, and browns to add depth and a stormy goldfish effect for their eyes.

I'll be adding progress photos in a little bit. I'll also be finishing the tail, fins, and ears this evening.

Mermaid In Progress...

I've just started on a new mermaid. My vision is to have a beautiful sunkissed mermaid kneeling in the sand taking in the sunrise! Her body in a subtle, but sexy upright pose with one hand (at least, maybe both) tangled in her lovely hair. Again this is my vision...but these things often change as my work comes together. Since she is to be a sunkissed mermaid her tail and fins will probably be very warm colors. We'll see.

I begun bulking up her armature last night and will likely take a few photos of that this evening before I start working on her again. I'll try my very hardest to take lots of progress picks and post them.

International Merbabies: Ravana, Ningyo, and Madeline

Lovely 2.5" merbabies on circular bases. Ningyo is representing the Japanese mermaid featuring wispy black hair and a unique koi or dragon like red and black tail. Madeline is representing the Dutch mermaid featuring blonde hair and a sparkly green tail. Ravana features thick black hair and a glitterly blue and purple tail and she represents the Indian mermaid. All of the merbabies are one of a kind,sculpted from Premo clay, and hand painted with Genesis paints. Picks coming soon...

New Happenings!!!!

To begin I've decided to create a seperate website dedicated to my Dainty Dragons collection. These Dainty Dragons will resemble my first sculpt "Mindle" and come in a wide variety of colors, materials, poses, and so on! I've actually started this collection off with the creation of "Flutterfly" a baby FaeDragon and he's currently for adoption on ebay (search zaos or daintydragon). The webpage to the Dainty Dragons Adoption Center is www.daintydragons.com


My next big news is I've opened my Etsy Shop...finally. Etsy is a great place to buy and sell art. Here's the link... http://www.etsy.com/shop/zouxart

Tails and Fins....butterfly wing template use...

I've started experimenting with the idea I had for the fins on future mermaids and maybe fish and sea dragons using butterfly and dragonfly templates. I've made two copies of the butterfly wings (on ivory vallum paper). Then I've added I little more color to the wings with watercolor pencils. I then mixed up a bit of silver acrylic paint with gallery glass and painted a generous layer over the wings. Waited a few hours for the mixture to dry completely then laid the two sheet over eachother and cut equal boxes around the wings. I added some crazy sticky (clear drying) glue to the bottom side of one sheet, spread it into a thin layer, and lined the edges of the wings as best I could and let them dry. I laid a heavy book over the two sheets to ensure the edges would not curl. Once dry I trimed the wings out of the sheet and rearranged on a mermaid's armature to see the butterfly wing fins in action (two different positions). I am overall rather happy with the outcome.



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