work in progress
This is on a tabletop, 3ft x 3ft, that I acquired from the restuarant in which I work.
At this juncture, I've probably spent about, hmmm...20 hours on this project.
That includes sanding the urethane off, priming with acrylic primer, priming with gesso,
and under-painting/wash, and the work you see here.
Obviously, I'll be putting a lot more time into it, as well.
mermaid table preview - detail
acrylic on wooden tabletop
mermaid table preview - whole
36x36"
Tonight I did all of the painting over the wash that you see here: the body and face, the hair.
I don't feel as though the hand on the left is near finished, and the stomach needs more work.
Of course, I didn't touch the hand on the right, yet, at all.
I'm just too damned tired to continue right now.
I would like to put this together with "Maiden of the Sea".
Actually, I have two more pieces of the masonite, same size, on which I painted the that one, and was thinking of making a tryptich on those.
Then, I could try to sell all three with the table.
Considering that I want $225 for the smaller pieces (11x18), and, I figure, about $1200 for the table, I would be asking for major bucks for the whole set.
I'd probably do all three smaller pieces together for $600, and/or all three with the table for $1600.
That almost seems cheap for all four together, but, if sold separately, it would be $1875.00.
Won't try it on eBay, though.
Does that seem reasonable?