Mermaid progression 8/05/10

It is progressing.

Here's where I'm at so far.

I started by painting the turtle. He's was looking pretty good, so I started on the mermaid.

She's looking good so far. 

Her hair going to be a challenge though.

I painted out the little sea horses in her hair. They might come back.

As you can see I haven't started the the single fish in the lower right or fish on the left yet.

I believe I'll start figuring out their "local colors" next.

They are going to be a bigger challenge than the hair.

I want to make sure I don't go color crazy.

I'm considering a rainbow effect.

Or maybe limiting them to 3 or 4 colors.

After I get everything mostly done, I'll go back and finish off the whole image.