An inspiring complete guide to producing mermaid illustrations, from first principles to finished paintings.

Jane Davenport dives deep into the ocean to make a magical mermaid splash. She shows how to draw and paint these sensuous sirens--perfectly proportioned figures, shimmering scales, and all. Jane's evocative instruction touches on every aspect of this fantasy realm: producing oceans of color, capturing mermaids' undulating poses, painting their flowing tresses, and depicting mesmerizing facial features. She also provides unique suggestions for making a mermaid art journal, a month's worth of creative prompts, and ideas for stunning collages.

Helps aspiring young artists to draw fairy and mermaid characters in a range of different styles. This title shows how to create simple scenes, including flower-fairy garden collages and mermaid tea-parties. It is colourfully illustrated and easy to follow.

Start with a heart . . . and create beautiful in-proportion people! Aspiring artists who feel intimidated at drawing figures will love Jane Davenport's amazingly easy technique, developed while she worked as a fashion illustrator. It involves using equal-size hearts to build the body's structure, and the results are astounding. Jane lays out the basics and walks you through working with different mediums; drawing the head, face, clothing, hair, and features; and constructing figures inspired by fashion, fantasy, life drawing, and more.

Satin scales, silky tails, mermaids of the ocean deep and others that call the sea their home. A soft cover collection of Selina Fenech's mermaid themed artworks. Includes lush, full page reprints of Fenech's artworks, sketchbook images, plus information and insight into the creation of each work. 60 pages.

Mermaid fans will adore this new addition to Usborne's Magic Painting series. Simply brush water over the pages and watch as they burst into colour, revealing scenes including mermaids looking at treasure, brushing their hair and sitting in a seashell. With a laminated gatefold board at the back to slip under the page you are painting and stop water seeping through. Completed paintings can be kept as a keepsake. Another gorgeous addition to the bestselling Usborne Magic Painting series.