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Artist's description:
This painting is based on the well known fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows a young mermaid who falls in love with a human, and her quest to become human.
The lure of this painting was to paint an underwater scene, and of course to create my own interpretation of the classic character. I loved working with the cool blues and greens. I wanted to limited the colour pallet. Originally I had imagined all manner of sea creatures filling the scene in vivid colours, but I opted for a simpler approach that emphasised the heroines isolation and longing.
The greatest challenge was painting hair suspended underwater. Painting the mermaids tail was also a challenge in terms of light and texture. I gathered as much reference as I could in order to make my depiction of the character more fully formed and believable. I love painting these kind of character focused pieces.
Materials used:
Watercolour and Acrylic
The Little Mermaid (2016)
Acrylic painting by Chris Wood
$98.81 Sold
- Acrylic painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 12.01 x 15.16 x 0.39 in (framed) / 11.02 x 14.17 in (unframed) / 11.02 x 14.17 in (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: People and portraits
- Artwork description
Artist's description:
This painting is based on the well known fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows a young mermaid who falls in love with a human, and her quest to become human.
The lure of this painting was to paint an underwater scene, and of course to create my own interpretation of the classic character. I loved working with the cool blues and greens. I wanted to limited the colour pallet. Originally I had imagined all manner of sea creatures filling the scene in vivid colours, but I opted for a simpler approach that emphasised the heroines isolation and longing.
The greatest challenge was painting hair suspended underwater. Painting the mermaids tail was also a challenge in terms of light and texture. I gathered as much reference as I could in order to make my depiction of the character more fully formed and believable. I love painting these kind of character focused pieces.Materials used:
Watercolour and Acrylic
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