Mermay Day 24: Watercolor 🪷
I don’t know how you watercolor painters do it, but I couldn’t resist using the thicker consistencies of gouache to finish this painting. Washes aren’t really my forte. I even went in with some colored pencils for details.
The merman is escaping discovery, hoping to flee before he is noticed by the intruders.
Details.
This is the last drawing I have for Mermay and I have to say it was a lot of fun! I learned that I wasn’t gonna like all the prompts and that it’s okay to skip out on some of them, especially when the artist fatigue gets to me. That wasn’t gonna stop me from giving my all on the other drawings I made this month! I can see a change in my drawing style, leaning toward curly, repeated lines, but I can’t see an overall improvement.
I’m proud of myself for finally participating in this drawing challenge that I’ve always wanted to be part of but never had the time. It wasn’t perfect, and the resulting pictures were not the ones I had in my head, but that’s the fun of it. I eagerly await the Mermay prompts for next year!
Fly with you, and Happy June! 🧚🏻♂️












