Journal - Mermaid

This week Wendy chose the colours blue and green so I added yellow to mine.  Don't ask why when the topic/theme was to be "mermaid".  It's not really an ocean colour is it?  If only `I could have used my other stamps and done away with the Dylusion figures, I have lots of mermaids.  

So I found the only figure I could from the Dylusion range and added a bit of my own interpretation to her.  A few seashells, and what have you, and that completed the picture for me.  Then I had to think of a caption or something so a cat's head and an improvised fish body finished it off.

The background was done with the Oxides.  I find the paper in the Dylusion books is ideal for using with the Oxides and I try to use it whenever I can for something I want to keep (or for someone else to keep).  The two colours I used were Salty Ocean and Clover.  For the mermaid tail and the catfish I used Silks, only to find they had dried up.  I must learn not to buy any more paints until I have used my supplies up - difficult as I have so many.  Why is it that some paint manufacturers can get it right and their paints go on and on and others dry up in no time - maybe each should stick to what they are best at doing.

Trying to do some writing again.  The thing I find most difficult is getting the letters the same width.  "Just try and try again - it will come eventually" is my Mantra.

Off to see Wendy now.