http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:merimask/24961403&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:merimask/24961403 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sat, 25 May 2013 22:24:53 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Kayaktopus-kayak-art-315811679 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Kayaktopus-kayak-art-315811679 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:50:05 PDT Kayaktopus... kayak art nonadult traditional/paintings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *merimask
Of course in the tradition of my other kayak, this one had to be decorated as well. The Wilderness Systems kayaks have these long plain bows that are just begging to be painted. My old blue is officially the "Koiyak"...you can see it here: [link]

Since this is ostensibly my husband's kayak, it needed to be a little more badass than my girly, pretty koi...so I decided on something both nautical and kickass; an octopus.

Yes, I know he only has seven legs. Seven is a lucky number, and luck is important when you are on the water. If it really bothers you, you can imaging that the eighth is curled behind him. Or perhaps he lost it in a fight but is growing a new one (cephalopods can do that).

My husband has dubbed it the "Kayaktopus", but my brother thinks we should call it the "Cephalo-pontoon". They both think they're so funny...

Painted with acrylics, sealed with a waterproof acrylic clear spray. ]]>
Of course in the tradition of my other kayak, this one had to be decorated as well. The Wilderness Systems kayaks have these long plain bows that are just begging to be painted. My old blue is officially the "Koiyak"...you can see it here: [link]

Since this is ostensibly my husband's kayak, it needed to be a little more badass than my girly, pretty koi...so I decided on something both nautical and kickass; an octopus.

Yes, I know he only has seven legs. Seven is a lucky number, and luck is important when you are on the water. If it really bothers you, you can imaging that the eighth is curled behind him. Or perhaps he lost it in a fight but is growing a new one (cephalopods can do that).

My husband has dubbed it the "Kayaktopus", but my brother thinks we should call it the "Cephalo-pontoon". They both think they're so funny...

Painted with acrylics, sealed with a waterproof acrylic clear spray.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Kayak-Koi-212248988 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Kayak-Koi-212248988 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:34:55 PDT Kayak Koi nonadult traditional/paintings/animals merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *merimask

It's my favorite kind of koi; the lucky three-colored kind. I think they're called Showa? Tansho Showa? Something like that. I used to know. I made the tail all long and fantastic like one of those dragon koi or butterfly koi or whatever the type...because it's my boat and because I can. I sketched it on there (in white paint) in about 5 minutes.

The kayak is a 12 foot Wilderness Pamlico. I love it because it's small enough to be maneuverable, but it is pretty fast and tracks straight. Very stable in the waves.

I used my favorite Liquitex paints, and when it was very dry I sealed it with a waterproof acrylic spray. I know this should last a good long time because I paint all kinds of things around the house this way (garden rocks, my mailbox, the garbage can!).

I might end up adding some Japanese-looking waves to this. Or maybe a second koi. Not sure! One thing's for sure; my kayak is going to be utterly unique! ]]>

It's my favorite kind of koi; the lucky three-colored kind. I think they're called Showa? Tansho Showa? Something like that. I used to know. I made the tail all long and fantastic like one of those dragon koi or butterfly koi or whatever the type...because it's my boat and because I can. I sketched it on there (in white paint) in about 5 minutes.

The kayak is a 12 foot Wilderness Pamlico. I love it because it's small enough to be maneuverable, but it is pretty fast and tracks straight. Very stable in the waves.

I used my favorite Liquitex paints, and when it was very dry I sealed it with a waterproof acrylic spray. I know this should last a good long time because I paint all kinds of things around the house this way (garden rocks, my mailbox, the garbage can!).

I might end up adding some Japanese-looking waves to this. Or maybe a second koi. Not sure! One thing's for sure; my kayak is going to be utterly unique!

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Blue-Seahorse-161246193 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Blue-Seahorse-161246193 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:38:14 PDT Blue Seahorse nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
Inspired by baroque art, acanthus leaf designs, and proximity to the ocean.

Traditional watercolors on cold press D'Arches watercolor paper. Available in my print shop. ]]>
Inspired by baroque art, acanthus leaf designs, and proximity to the ocean.

Traditional watercolors on cold press D'Arches watercolor paper. Available in my print shop.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Dandelion-Magic-160940623 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Dandelion-Magic-160940623 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:04:21 PDT Dandelion Magic nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
What if there was a little fairy responsible for getting the dandelions going? What if her only job was to go about looking for grassy fields and magiking a single dandelion there? You know, it only takes one and before you know it there are thousands of them...

So I did this watercolor of her. She's like the spirit of early summer...buzzing bees and the smell of warm grass. ]]>
What if there was a little fairy responsible for getting the dandelions going? What if her only job was to go about looking for grassy fields and magiking a single dandelion there? You know, it only takes one and before you know it there are thousands of them...

So I did this watercolor of her. She's like the spirit of early summer...buzzing bees and the smell of warm grass.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/White-Wolf-160594900 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/White-Wolf-160594900 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:04:42 PDT White Wolf nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
Like I've said before; I'd have made one hell of a tattoo artist. If only I could get past the blood. And the needles... O_O"

This has three of my favorite things in it. A wolf. The color blue (phthalo blue...my favorite shade of blue!). And that fun swirly thing I seem to like to do so much.

This one is going to be in my print shop as well. ]]>
Like I've said before; I'd have made one hell of a tattoo artist. If only I could get past the blood. And the needles... O_O"

This has three of my favorite things in it. A wolf. The color blue (phthalo blue...my favorite shade of blue!). And that fun swirly thing I seem to like to do so much.

This one is going to be in my print shop as well.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Seahorse-160483913 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Seahorse-160483913 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:26:20 PDT Seahorse nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
This one doesn't have a wild mane though...it's more "fishy" than that. I was just in the mood to use plenty of pthalo green I guess. ]]>
This one doesn't have a wild mane though...it's more "fishy" than that. I was just in the mood to use plenty of pthalo green I guess.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Dragonfly-160483195 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Dragonfly-160483195 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:15:36 PDT Dragonfly nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask

Pen & ink with Prismacolor pencil. ]]>

Pen & ink with Prismacolor pencil.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Gryphon-160146800 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Gryphon-160146800 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:33:28 PDT Gryphon nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
More proof that I'm more than just a mask artisan.

None of my 2-d art is available in Etsy, by the way. But I'm making prints and mugs and such available here in DA for purchase. Just in case you want something of mine that can't be worn on your face. ]]>
More proof that I'm more than just a mask artisan.

None of my 2-d art is available in Etsy, by the way. But I'm making prints and mugs and such available here in DA for purchase. Just in case you want something of mine that can't be worn on your face.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Shveta-s-Fairy-160141019 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Shveta-s-Fairy-160141019 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:38:11 PDT Shveta's Fairy nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
I drew it for a friend who said once "there aren't many brown-skinned fairies"...she was Indian. So, I did this drawing for her. Based on nothing in particular...she just fell out of my head that way. I tried to include her favorite colors in the fairy's dress and in her wings. ]]>
I drew it for a friend who said once "there aren't many brown-skinned fairies"...she was Indian. So, I did this drawing for her. Based on nothing in particular...she just fell out of my head that way. I tried to include her favorite colors in the fairy's dress and in her wings.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Sandpiper-160135887 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Sandpiper-160135887 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:48:15 PDT Sandpiper nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
Another fairy too. I'm not comfortable doing portraits so I add giant wings to my girls and presto: fairy art. That's actually based on a photo of myself at 17. I had neither wings nor pointy ears, but I often thought it did.

This is one of the few watercolors I "cheated" on...added acrylic paints to get the textured lighter colored grasses atop the darker dune grass. I usually get my lighter effects in my watercolor paintings with masking medium and a careful working-around my white space, but this needed more. So, in my book I call it "cheating". ]]>
Another fairy too. I'm not comfortable doing portraits so I add giant wings to my girls and presto: fairy art. That's actually based on a photo of myself at 17. I had neither wings nor pointy ears, but I often thought it did.

This is one of the few watercolors I "cheated" on...added acrylic paints to get the textured lighter colored grasses atop the darker dune grass. I usually get my lighter effects in my watercolor paintings with masking medium and a careful working-around my white space, but this needed more. So, in my book I call it "cheating".

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Leaf-maned-Lion-160132889 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Leaf-maned-Lion-160132889 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:14:57 PDT Leaf-maned Lion nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
I was on vacation in Miami a few years ago and SO BORED. I thought it would be good to take a vacation from my leather mask career for a while, but after two weeks I was crawling the walls, looking for something to do with my hands. It's not in my nature to not make things for even a short period of time.

So I bought a really basic set of watercolors from a shop, a cheap pad of watercolor paper, and sat myself under an umbrella on Miami beach and did this painting. I've always loved it...it came very naturally to me in a rush of inspiration (it was a sort of seaweed-maned sandy lion, because I was on a beach after all).

I think I used no more than three colors in this painting...a yellow ochre, a burnt sienna, and Van Dyke Brown. Possibly a little black mixed in the darkest brown for definition. That's what I love about watercolors; it's the water and the white paper that brings light and definition to your painting. ]]>
I was on vacation in Miami a few years ago and SO BORED. I thought it would be good to take a vacation from my leather mask career for a while, but after two weeks I was crawling the walls, looking for something to do with my hands. It's not in my nature to not make things for even a short period of time.

So I bought a really basic set of watercolors from a shop, a cheap pad of watercolor paper, and sat myself under an umbrella on Miami beach and did this painting. I've always loved it...it came very naturally to me in a rush of inspiration (it was a sort of seaweed-maned sandy lion, because I was on a beach after all).

I think I used no more than three colors in this painting...a yellow ochre, a burnt sienna, and Van Dyke Brown. Possibly a little black mixed in the darkest brown for definition. That's what I love about watercolors; it's the water and the white paper that brings light and definition to your painting.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Blue-Dragon-104143157 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Blue-Dragon-104143157 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:51:34 PST Blue Dragon nonadult anthro/traditional/paintings merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 *merimask
Nevertheless, here is my version of a Japanese dragon in the clouds. Seiryuu...the Dragon Of The East.

Just watercolors here. Real watercolors, not a program. I am a luddite. ]]>
Nevertheless, here is my version of a Japanese dragon in the clouds. Seiryuu...the Dragon Of The East.

Just watercolors here. Real watercolors, not a program. I am a luddite.

]]> http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Autumn-Fairy-160131628 http://merimask.deviantart.com/art/Autumn-Fairy-160131628 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:00:35 PDT Autumn Fairy nonadult traditional/drawings/fantasy merimask http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/merimask.gif?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *merimask
I did this little watercolor of a fallen Autumn Fairy years ago. It was just a doodle that turned into a watercolor sketch...not even done on watercolor paper. I never intended it to be anything special (the real painting is a tiny thing on my wall...no more than 5 inches high) but somehow it remains one of my favorite pieces. I think my impressionistic slapdash autumn forest is the truest thing I've ever painted. ]]>
I did this little watercolor of a fallen Autumn Fairy years ago. It was just a doodle that turned into a watercolor sketch...not even done on watercolor paper. I never intended it to be anything special (the real painting is a tiny thing on my wall...no more than 5 inches high) but somehow it remains one of my favorite pieces. I think my impressionistic slapdash autumn forest is the truest thing I've ever painted.

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