I have been wanting to color up this free Mermaid Anya digi that I received from The Greeting Farm when I signed up for their free e-newsletter. \u00a0So when I saw Marie Gamber’s coloring video of a mermaid<\/a> using the most beautiful Copic color combination and dot coloring technique, I knew I had to give it a try.<\/p>\n

The following are the Copic colors I used:
\nSkin: E000, 00, 11, 13 and R11 blush
\nHair: E97, 99, and 29
\nStarfish barrettes: Y11, YR31, YR24 and E97
\nMermaid body: G00, G02, B14 and B18<\/p>\n

I also used a Sakura white Gelly Roll pen to add white dotting highlights to the mermaid body and starfish barrettes. To add a bit of magical shimmer (LOL), I also covered the mermaid’s body and tail with clear Wink of Stella.<\/p>\n

For the ocean, I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China, and Seedless Preserves (for the horizon line). \u00a0I used a torn piece of scrap paper as a kind of mask and inked layer after layer of Tumbled Glass to create the look of a sky filled with soft white clouds (this was a technique I have used before, but using a torn paper edge rather than a cartoony style puffy cloud edge is a twist that I recently learned from Jamie (YT: Scrappin Stampers) in THIS Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a little Prim fun, I also added four yellow buttons and some yellow satin ribbon to make a little sun in the sky. I used yellow and white baker’s twine to go through the button holes (I have a thing about not leaving buttons looking bare) and then just hot glued them into place.<\/p>\n

This is the video share of this project:<\/p>\n