Fountain pen (light blue) and sepia ink pen with watercolor pencil
I really love drawing the bugs. It seems kind of weird, but I like them. I have been looking for a piece to go in our bathroom–and specifically I want something beachy and thought a mermaid would be fun. After looking around I have decided to try and paint it myself. So, even though the painting will be pretty primitive, I am doing some studies. Stretched canvas is pretty inexpensive and readily available, so I have decided to use canvas. That means subjecting myself to acrylic paint–generally not my choice of medium. So, it’s an exploration piece and I am trying to just have fun with it and not get too caught up in the end result. After all, it’s going to be acrylic to I can paint over it if it turns out awful.
Mermaid study for larger painting
Art Projects 
That poor bee was later admitted into a Weight Watchers program after feeling humiliated for being captured on paper.
Love the bold line work and composition in your bug drawing. The touches of colour set it off beautifully! Didn’t think a bug could look so appealing! Love the mermaid too. 🙂
I thought I best tell you, that when I recieved your follow email (and thank you for that) I went to have a look at a suggested post that was on it and it took me a Dentistry blog…and then..when I touched on your name, in a list in my reader it took me to something that said you are a private blog. Anyway, you may want to delete this comment after the smiley face…just wanted to let you know all this…regards Janette.
thanks Janette! I have other blogs, so maybe something in my settings is set up incorrectly, I appreciate knowing! Now, I just have to figure out how to fix that 🙂
Bugs are so interesting to draw and I just love your different coloured inks. The mermaid is fun, don’t you love the fact that acrylics let you paint straight o re the top if you don’t like it. Karen