Mermaid of Warsaw - Part III

 

Something fishy going on here.

The background project of the Mermaid of Warsaw received a little attention recently, which was mostly a combination of oils again, and then starting on acrylics over the top.

Originally I was trying to replicate some of the skin tones with oils, but it wasn't working. I didn't get the mix right, and I was necessarily short on time. While that was curing though I took at look at the spine and for no particular reason decided to mix up some reds and blues to pick out what is now seen. By all accounts it shouldn't fit, and yet somehow I like it. Some blending with the skin could still be done, but I'm not entirely sure I'll ever get that far.

The hair from the rear view I've not shown before, but again it's something that I think just sort of works. The blue/green shadows give it a seaweed appearance that I'd never have thought of with simple direct acrylic painting, and yet it really fits the overall theme of a mermaid. It's not complete by any means, but I think there's enough to work with going forwards.

The skin tones I have ultimately used Rakarth Flesh, Dark Reaper, and Ungor Flesh to fix up, once the oils could be painted over. Rakarth Flesh is a rather unhealthy tone, but fits in the shadowed areas, with Ungor Flesh bring some warmth in the areas I want to try attention to (the face and shoulders predominantly). There is still a good deal of work to be done on the skin tones, and a lot of glazing to fix up where it didn't quite work properly before. It will take some time.

Not much else to say right now really. Holidays and health problems, coupled with various other responsibilities, have painting a scare hobby right now. I'm still trying to finish off tiny tanks, which are both close to being done, and yet always seemingly far away from it too.

-- silly painter.