Because THIS was the original. Can you believe she even
wanted it? lol)
(By the way - check out the difference between my my old Sony point-and-click [which is a pretty great camera for what it is] and my brand-new-last-week-Nikon!)
Before the curator even asked me for it, the fact is, I had already said to myself that it needed more "stuff" in it and could use some improving, so I'm glad I had a reason to do it!
So I got out my new favourite (lutradur), and painted some up! First, I made a fanciful little octopus, and then I made a conch that I'm pretty happy with (!)...
I bumped up the foliage by adding more sea grass and darkening it all up...
Adding some more details to the little sea bushes (I have no idea what those things are called)...
Adding a starfish and some squid....
And hey, do you notice a problem up there in the top right hand corner? Yeah, me too.
After I blocked it again (I had to put on a new backing and sleeve - I had no idea what I was doing when I made the first one!), the purple fish bled. ARGH!
So I applied a little bleach to take up the bleed, which of course turned the quilt into that area into a white island...
So I mixed up some paint and painted over it. Much better even if the green is slightly off.
I completely started over with the mermaid skin/body (the old one didn't even have a face!) and since I had made a young mermaid for Little Karoo, I decided to make this mermaid more mature.
And I gave her a pet/friend to look at!
All in all, much better, no? What do you think?