Watercolor Mermaid

I realized I should paint a mermaid! I always like painting sea life for the colors that I could use, but also love painting ethereal women. Took me a while to figure out I should combine the two into a mermaid... duh

watercolor on illustration board

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Water Nymph

A new watercolor in my female series. Above you can see the painting process. I usually paint in 3-4 layers, with the linework being last. Watercolor on illustration board. Prints of this piece are available in my Etsy store.

Artwork ©Samantha Nagel (not for use or altering in any way)

Guardians of the Sea: Seahorse Painting

I found that seahorses lend themselves to be painted in almost any color. Perfect reason for me to paint one. Both seahorses are painted with Dr. Martin Liquid Watercolors, as two separate paintings on white backgrounds. I originally thought I would have them as two paintings, but played in photoshop to combine them like this and loved it even more. Prints, of course, are available in my Etsy store.

Below is a WIP photo showing the seahorses
with their first layer of paint.

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Octopus and Rubber Duck

I'm calling this one "Bath Time Octopus". The rubber ducky makes this painting more cutesy than my normal look, but I kind of like it. I have this watercolor painting available for sale as prints in my Etsy store.

I love the way it looks on the iphone cases too!

artwork ©Samantha Nagel (DO NOT USE MY ARTWORK!!!!)
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Pillow Cover Giveaway!

I've teamed up with Full Lives, Flat Broke to give away my most popular item in my Etsy store. Megan did a lovely feature of my work and the items I sell on Etsy. The pillow cover above, printed from my original "Sea Monster" watercolor painting will be given away to one lucky person! All you have to do is enter via Rafflecopter at the bottom of the page at this link: http://fulllivesflatbroke.com/2013/07/09/art-by-sam-nagel-giveaway/ . Winner will be selected in 10 days, good luck!

Since my sea monster has been such a great hit, I decided to paint another octopus. Here's a preview of the next octopus painting in progress:

Art Nouveau Women

These are two new watercolor paintings with an Art Nouveau theme. I really love Alfonse Mucha's work and always wanted to paint some flower haired ladies of my own. These two are available as prints at my Etsy store.

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Bird Nest

I recreated my bird nest drawing into another painting, this time using watercolors. I got a new set of Dr. Martin liquid watercolors and looove them! The pictures link to my Etsy store where you can purchase the products and prints.

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Vintage Bird Cage & Ombre pillow

The first image is a watercolor painting of a bird cage with the birds flying out to freedom.
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Jellyfish watercolor painting

watercolor painting of an orange, pink, purple jellyfish. I'm also showing it on an iphone case. They are both available for sale in my etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SamNagel

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Octopus Tentacles

My new octopus watercolor painting. I cropped it on the pillow cover and iphone cases, which are for sale in my Etsy store here: www.etsy.com/shop/SamNagel

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thanks for looking!

Lionfish

New lionfish watercolor painting I have up for sale in my Etsy Store as a print, and on several types of products, check it out: www.etsy.com/shop/SamNagel

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Pug Dog

I just finished another pet portrait painting, this time of a Pug named Pugsy! I'm looking to continue painting more pet portraits, and not just dogs, any animal is paintable. Below the picture of the painting is the actual photo of Pugsy that I worked from. I usually remove the collars and freshen up the colors, and this time because she is a small dog I decided to paint a full body instead of only the face. If you are interested in having a painting of your dog or cat or animal friend just email me at sam_sgn@hotmail.com

oil on canvas 18x18"

Koi Lady, second session

Still more progress shots. Just to let everyone know, this painting is on a 24x36" canvas, one of my biggest figurative works so far. I have already gone passed what is photographed here and finished defining all of her hair. I'm really diggin the art nouveau hair and plan to incorporate some Mucha inspired style. I am still thinking about a title.... perhaps "Don't Be Coy" ?