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Comment Finished date May 2026
May is apparantly about merMAYds, let's see how much ocean related art I can create

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7. Scribbled Fin-fluencer - this is what I saw in the monthly scribble for ScribbleIntoArt, done in Procreate

 

8. Yapok - or the Water Opossum is the only aquatic masupial (pungdjur) in the world. Both the male and the female have pouches on their belly, the female have a waterproof pouch for the babies and the male uses his pouch to protect his testicales when he dives....
This is an A4 watercolour on smooth paper.

 

9. Parakeet - for the TuesdayCollective bird week, this budgie was made in polymer clay (Super sculpey) and then painted and photographed.

 

17. Crookshanks - well, this isn't really based on a challege, and I may just have to create the Magical Menagerie to complete the Potion shop and Honeydukes. Crookshanks was made in polymer clay (Super sculpey) with black glass beads for eyes, I made it in several layers that I cured and that is a great way to add details. After baking the figure, I painted it.

Making it in layers so you can build a solid foundation and then focus on one area without smushing everything

 

20. Honey bee - for the TuesdayCollective bug week, this is a 20x20 cm oil painting

As usual a bit hard to photograph, this is from another angle and light

 

21. Soft goat - wool scarf, simple ink drawing on A5 paper, for the TuesdayCollective in combination with the SarcasticLetteringChallenge

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Mona Pihl