Mermaid paper dolls

 Hello!

Original Paper Collage Painting by inkspired

All paper collages are hand cut from recycled junk mail - catalogs, flyers, magazines, etc.

Let’s have some fun with mermaid paper dolls!

Unless noted, these are all free for you to download and print for your personal enjoyment. Let’s play nice and not try to sell them or mass produce any.

Unfortunately most I have found on Pinterest with no identifying info on who drew them or where you could find them.

As always, I try to give credit where it is due. If you know information about any of these please let me know so I can give credit.

Some of the paper doll clothes do not have tabs, so be sure to add those when you are cutting them out.

Artist: Milka Tertsunen; ArtStation

Cory Jensen is a favorite paper doll artist of mine for two reasons. He is incredibly talented, and most of his paper dolls he offers for free! Here are a few of his:

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

By Cory Jensen

Here are a few more versions of The Little Mermaid; many are styled after Disney’s Ariel.

By Cory Jensen

Unknown

By Cory Jensen

‘Irina’ Collage Art Doll by inkspired

Paperthinpersonas.com

If you like these paper dolls the artist offers free ones when you sign up for her e-mails.

Artist: Audrey Kaiser

Print out your mermaid twice. The first one glue to thin cardboard, like a cereal box. Or you can print onto a heavier weight cardstock. Then cut out. Draw a stand on first if you want, and cut as one.

The second print is printed on paper. Cut the costumes out, remembering to add tabs if there aren’t any. If it needs to be colored, do this before you cut out.

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

I thought we needed some mer-men to compliment our mermaids.

Here is a jointed merman by a different artist-

Artist: Shawne Johnson

Here is another jointed PaperDoll, a mermaid, you can put together with brads, eyelets, or string.

PheeMcFaddell.com

Here is one by the same artist that you can color yourself-

This next one is just the mermaid. I thought it was such a great, simple design that you might like to draw some outfits for her. 

Print her out. Go over the major lines with a black Sharpie. Place on a window, with a plain sheet of paper on top. Trace the main lines. Now you have the basic shape and you can start creating outfits to fit!

Make a few copies of the basic shape. Draw your clothes slightly larger, and don’t forget to add tabs. Since she is a mermaid, draw a stand so she can stand alone for playtime. You could draw a piece of coral or seaweed for her to ‘sit’ on.

Have fun!

www.finfriends.com/printable-mermaid-easter-paper-dolls/

Posted on Pinterest by Crafty Annabelle

Now it’s time to go take a break and drink some water and eat goldfish crackers!

The next 2 mermaid paper dolls are by the same artist, but very different styles-

Artist: Julie Allen Matthews

Artist: Julie Allen Matthews 

Next I have 2 more by Cory Jensen-

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

The next 2 paper dolls are Lucia and Rina, drawn in manga style-

Artist unknown

 I’ve covered many different styles of mermaids for you. Now the hard part - which one to pick to print and play with first?

‘Til next time,

inkspired

You can find me on Pinterest as

Karen Kloberdans

Hamlet, Ulysses, Sirens and Stepsisters

Pau

'Peace' in the Catalan language, spoken in Spain

Spanish children in traditional costume

Here is a paper doll representing Spain from an old paperdoll set, 1934.

Thanks Origamibears for sharing!

I did a little color correcting on the first page of clothes. Do you like it?

I think it is probably closer to the original printing. Just because ours are yellowed now doesn't mean that's what they looked like when first printed!

Today I am sharing 3 of my Collage Art Dolls that have a

'literature' theme.

Reminder: I use all recycled junk mail to make my art!

Go Shakespeare, the Grimm Brothers and Homer!

Shakespeare and Homer don't really fit into a 'fairy tale' category,

thus we have

Literature!

(feeling a little smarter already?!)

First we will tackle Ulysses and the Sea Sirens.

Ulysses' adventures were first written by Homer,

although Alfred Tennyson later helped him to become famous with his poetry.

'Ulysses and the Sirens'

by Herbert James Draper, c. 1909

Here is a different interpretation by John W. Waterhouse:

found at www.royal-painting.com

I love John William Waterhouse's paintings!

Here is another by him:

'The Siren' by John W. Waterhouse

c. 1900

www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com

While I didn't have in mind specifically Ulyesses' Sirens,

here is my take on a Mermaid Siren:

"Mermaid Seductress"

original Collage Art doll by inkspired

http://www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com/

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Next up, I tackle Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

(although a few disagree that he wrote any of the plays attributed to him.)

I love this next photo.

Edwin Booth is the brother to John Wilkes Booth

who is of course infamous for killing President Abraham Lincoln.

Perhaps you didn't realize that John Wilkes Booth came from a successful acting career, and from a successful family of actors.

Here is Edwin Booth, in the role of Hamlet:

c. 1870, courtesy of wikipedia

So, so many versions of this play have been adapted, tweaked and sometimes almost unrecognizably changed.

Go Shakespeare.

Go Hamlet.

'Hamlet and Ophelia'

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, c. 1858

in the British Museum, London

Oh, Ophelia is worthy of her very own blog,

so I'm not going into that aspect of Hamlet.

Just Hamlet the agonized prince!

This painting is of Ophelia and the King and the Queen,

but is Hamlet lurking in the background there?

by Henrietta Rae

1859 - 1928

Up next is a photo of the famous American actress

Sarah Bernhardt.

She was famous both here in the USA and in Europe and Britain.

I'm so glad I came across this photo!

Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet

1880 - 1888

found at wikipedia

Now we have my original Collage Art Doll

'Hamletta'

'Hamletta' original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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I don't start out a piece as specifically one thing, usually.

I know what it will be after I add a few things.

Sometimes as soon as I find the eyes, I know what the rest should look like.

Sometimes it may be a piece of clothing or accessory,

and I build the collage art doll around that.

Creative processes are rarely definable, I think!

Every now and then I will start with a goal/picture in mind.

Pretty rarely however!

Lets explore the Grimm Brothers fairy tale of

Cinderella

If you have never read the original Grimms Brothers,

I would suggest you try it!

Be sure to get an unabridged version.

Their fairy tales are really pretty gruesome!

Disney's stepsisters, trading pin

www.officialdisneypintrading.com

Most of us are familiar with the Disney - American versions of their fairy tales.

These are loosly based on the original tales!

coloring page by John Hutton

www.huttonillustrator.com

I would like to focus on those bad, bad stepsisters.

In the musical versions,

Rogers and Hammerstein took a humorous look at the stepsisters.

I recently purchased a copy of the original TV broadcast of Cinderella,

introducing Julie Andrews.

She had already been 'discovered' on Broadway, although she was quite young.

On the DVD there are special features where the actors, director, etc. talk about the hectic schedule they were on to produce this musical.

I love it!

Cinderella and her two stepsisters, unknown

I think my all-time favorite will probably be the second TV version,

with Lesley Anne Warren as Cinderella.

Back in the day, this would be on TV for one night a year.

We always tried to make it a family night and watch it together!

And I just LOVE the songs of the stepsisters....

illustrator uknown - it is in the left hand corner, but I can't read it

and it was not credited on folkard_cindy1  where I found it.

Anyone have details or more info? Let me know!

I do think however that the most handsome-est* prince is the one in

Whitney Houston's Rogers & Hammerstein Cinderella version.

*(You know, that's the great thing about having your own blog -

you can make up words if you want!!)

I haven't seen him on anything else, but I understand

he is a Broadway actor/singer, not really in TV or movies.

Too bad!

but....

I'm not talking princes today, I'm talking stepsisters!

unknown illustrator

Oh well, I do have one more painting I wanted to share,

and of course it has no stepsisters in it,

but I think it is cool....

and it's my blog and I'll do want I want to,

do want I want to...

'Cinderella at Her Mother's Grave'

watercolor by Liga-Marta

found on http://www.anitasnotebook.com/

Okay, get back in the stepsister mode.

Here is my take:

"Cinderella's Stepsister Steppin' Out"

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

made from all recycled junk mail

and an imagination run amok....

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Hope you have enjoyed this little stroll through 3 great stories,

by 3 great authors (or 4 if you give the Grimm Brothers 2!)

I have been super busy trying to get my new etsy shop all updated and adding new items.

http://www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com/

I'm only behind by about 100 images I need to add!!

not going there....

I also have been struggling with Yahoo Small Business,

PayPal,

Yahoo Mail...

and more and more that each have their own little snafus that have to be fixed.

I'm almost getting accustomed

to being on hold for 30 minutes before I speak to anyone.

sigh.

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I also have been trying to work on my 2 websites.

More snafus. More 'on hold'.

http://www.myinkspired.com/

 and

http://www.collagepaperpainting.com/

but,

I really like showing off my work,

and getting money for it too!!!

and apparently I also like to talk and talk and talk...
so see you soon!

inkspired