project spectrum: red and pink

Earlier this month I stumbled upon a monthly challenge called Project Sprectrum. Each month is assigned a color or colors and participants are invited to create anything they wish to make using the color theme for the month. It doesn't even have to be new work. It could be something you're working on at the moment or it could be an unfinished project you took a breather from...bottom line, it's a no pressure project. I like that part the best.


rosita the mermaid, paper, glass ornaments, seashell, ribbons, novelty fibers, wool, ink. click on the image for close-ups on flickr.

I created this tag art doll today (the last day of the month, no less) for this month's color theme. The idea for this paper doll started with the red glass balls she has for boobs. I have hundreds of those things and besides giving them away to everyone I can think of I try to think of ways to use them in my art. She didn't start out as a mermaid originally. She was to be a bathing beauty with a bikini top and perhaps a hula skirt. When it came down to drawing the legs I thought to myself, "eh, I don't feel like drawing legs." So a mermaid she became. I sewed all sorts of ribbons, yarns, novelty fibers to her tail using some crazy metallic pink thread I've had in my notions stash for a while now. The seashell is from the beach in Edmonds, Washington.