The Little Mermaid Art Nouveau

‘Then she dived deeply under the dark waters, rising and falling with the waves, till at length she managed to reach the young prince, who was fast losing the power of swimming in that stormy sea. His limbs were failing him, his beautiful eyes were closed, and he would have died had not the little mermaid come to his assistance. She held his head above the water, and let the waves drift them where they would.’

This is My April Edition of my Fairy tale Calender fireburner543.deviantart.com/j…

After seeing almightystarfish’s work of this fairy tale almightystarfish.deviantart.co… I was inspired to do the same scene. Without a doubt I think that The Little Mermaid is one of the greatest love stories ever told.

Her hair is based off by ‘The Birth of Venus’ by Sandro Botticelli www.uffizi.org/img/artworks/bo… the Fish about download-embroidery.com/images… and www.busaccagallery.com/userfil… and the pose was based off The Little Sea Mermaid by Gordon Browne 37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbz…

Materials: Watercolour and felt tipped pens