Mermaid and her pirate boy

This was inspired by my friend Skelly. She told me to do a mermaid, so i did. I figured I needed a break from the serious art I've been doing for my independent study. Also I wanted to show you what i did before I color

it, and potentially ruin it.

 

Okay so I tried a completely new way of coloring. I took extremely bright colors on different layers and lowered their opacity for each part of the person/background.

I was trying to get a more natural watercolor effect. Hmmm... thoughts?