Weird mermaids for Mermay DRAW WITH ME Ep 11

[@KaseyTheGolden]

I don't know whose art this reminds you of.. but your take on MerMay is just so uniquely you!

[@mataharinatal]

Hi kasey!👋

[@dootdootclaire]

Kasey Golden KASEY!!

[@kiwiandkona949]

Hello kasey

[@Kirill-rc5ng]

Hi kasey

[@nerdyintrovert821]

Hey I have a quick art question. Why do people draw with different colored pencils like a light blue or red and then go over it? I've always wanted to know since I'm trying to broaden my art skills past what I usually do.

[@shiny9836]

this was the first video by dina that i watched. through her, i got back into watercolor after years away from it. i looked through the description of this video and bought the pencil she sketched this in. i started sketching in eraseable colored pencil after looking at her other work. dina changed the way i paint. 5 years later, i still see the inspiration i took from this series in my style. every time i paint fish, i look at the way she drew fins. my heart still gets caught in my throat. i remember following her on instagram while this series of mermay illustrations were still coming out. she made me want to try pole dancing as a form of exercise. watching her progress was inspiring. the day that the news of her passing was posted, for whatever reason, the first thing i thought of was that i'd never see her posting her progress on the pole again. i never got around to trying it. rest in peace, dina. i can't imagine the turmoil your family went through after your passing. i still think about your work. i hope it means something that you live on through the art and audience you left behind. you inspired me

[@kiskisbella]

hey its a blackground instead of a background (ill see myself out now...)

[@DinaNorlund]

hahah I did notice I said blackground at some point xD did you hear it??

:) 16:11 ?

[@lucascattai9447]

It was great

[@Archaic_Dawn]

This is like my favorite piece you've done. Its stunning and I love seeing males drawn because almost all the art youtubers only draw ladies.

[@zarishere4129]

same ;o

[@cobialennon195]

Agreed

[@Juhjou]

"as a Sketch" - paints perfetcly printable artwork I'd hang that on my wall for sure !

[@luciafranceschini2800]

"i dipped it in my coffee" same. same. i do that eVeRy tiMe i watercolor i cant tell you how many times ive done that

[@ISwearToKira]

same. i can't keep drinks on the table when i paint now. i once had yellow/orange watercolor water....next to a glass of orange juice. ALMOST drank the watercolor water lol

[@NotesNNotes]

me too :3 I laughed and said the same thing to myself

[@e.g.2261]

Sammme😂 I've accidentally drunk so much watercolor water too 😅

[@vic8462]

Oh my god I ADORE your mermaids they're my favorite kind, realistic and fishlike, I especially like creepy mermaids. He turned out amazing as usual for all of your drawings and you've inspired me to start drawing mermaids again. Love you!!

[@graciesugarbee]

Not sure why I got this in my recommended 5 years later. It's bittersweet to see these again! We miss you always 💜

[@southernstar2412]

Oh my, he look so awesome with the black background but it also reminds me so much of the very deep down of the ocean where everything is pitch black and scary, safe to say that I've successfully spook myself 😂 Lovely art as always too!

[@adelia988]

Your merman is fabulous, yes if there were mermaids and merpeople, they would have to be more fish like.

[@f1lthyfangs]

I can't stress out enough how much your videos calm me down, and make me feel so...relaxed? I love the background music, I love your voice, I love your art, what else is there to ask for? Thank you for being here with us!

[@liloegger9765]

Your drawing with the soft Pencil is sooooo frickin satisfying❤️

[@EM-ug8ud]

Oh snap mermay I FORGOT I WANTED TO DO THIS! Thank you 🙏 I shall watch this again during my session. I love your work the first one is so dang cool , the second is adorable, tooooo!! I’ll edit when I see the one you made in the video. Edit: yes So amazing!! I was trying to figure out how you’re going to make such a light color work and it is beautiful the hand and fin detailing are my favorite!!

[@claudeblosser]

You can just do 1 mermaid a week so you can fit it into your schedule so it's just easier owo.

[@SweetDippy]

The black background and dramatic white make this piece look pretty surreal. There's a surrealist artist named Myriam Tillson and this piece really reminds me of her work and yet is so fantastically different too!

[@jezreelbullock6280]

Looks wicked awesome

[@matyldagnat1629]

Your marmaid is so amazing! I really like the black background

[@hallohoi8674]

Matylda Gnat oml i love ur pvp 😂

[@thenillabean1596]

When I saw the thumbnail, I really thought it was a digital piece because of the black background and because the shimmer looked so good. I love it

[@mangaluver2010]

Oh, I loved this one. Its' so refreshing to see a male mermaid. Since most only draw laides during mermay. I love how this one turned out . And the first one was gorgeous!

[@thevirtualzookeeper8226]

Merman

[@mangaluver2010]

@@thevirtualzookeeper8226 I'm aware they're called "Merman", sweetie. I simply said "male mermaid" to clarify my point. :)

[@thevirtualzookeeper8226]

@@mangaluver2010 Okay, I didnt know if you knew or not. I was just sharing an easier way to say "male mermaid" if you didnt lol

[@adorkablekitsune4663]

Drawingwiffwaffles collab sent me here and I'm OBSESSED! ♡ You, My lady, have made it it to my TOP favorite YT artist! ♡ I absolutely love your art style! Keep up the amazing work! ^-^

[@purpleunicorn9351]

same! I've fallen in love with her art to!

[@artaholicsnotebook6743]

Omg same i came here after that collab and ot safe to say im in love 😍

[@supahorse28]

Awesome mermaid

[@MojoDi]

This is awesome!

[@silverwoof1760]

Ok I'm pretty sure you already have these animals as suggestions for your random creature challenge, but I'm a new subscriber so I don't know what animals you already have but I have a few animal suggestions if you don't have them already and want them... Timber wolf, axolotl, orchid mantis (if you count insects), husky dog, sloth, sea horse, blue dragon blaucus, okapi, dumbo octopus, lorises, pudu fawn, ant eater, mole, pangolin, armadillo, coati, zebra duiker, and hedge hog.

[@emiknits02]

22:00 i really like the black around him, but it would've been soooo cool if you filled what is currently blank with dark blues so that it looked like an ocean!! Like, really dark blues and some dark green/purples that just melted into the black. It would've tied in with the color palette of his skin/shells(?) too!

[@sucrefleischer5173]

My dad used to have this fish but just the normal one, not albino. Grown so big that it could barely swim in the aquarium. So everyone was telling him to sell it, cause an adult one is so expensive, the bigger and longer it is. But in the end, he just released it in the river instead lol

[@swamp6825]

As a person with a birthday in may and a love for mermaids Mermay is 11/10

[@tippy3062]

Oml

[@vic8462]

Same for me! Mines the 22nd

[@brianna6666]

Mines may the 10th

[@TheOfficialMeowscarada]

Beautiful!

[@mlince1973]

Fantastic!

[@aartadventure]

This is just simply amazing. I loved your first mermaids too. But this boy is super stunning - and it's cool to see a merman - especially one as stunning as this!

[@Miracle528]

This is so therapeutic. It reminds me of an illustration from a gorgeous children’s book. The purple! Omg that purple! :) Magnificent!

[@elbeluttig1993]

I absolutely love the balance of fish and human you have going

[@Surrealgo]

25:00 RIP COFFEE

[@daniramdhanie1863]

Looks absolutely stunning.

[@SADDD-ISTIC]

Awesome art !!

[@1Memmet]

I love the way you make more realistic mermaid. I myself like more realistic mermaids but I hope you make whatever you feel like making! All oh them looks amazing

[@zeniittinen]

oh lordy these look so good

[@Danny-jm1kd]

Hi Dina, I just got back into drawing after some personal problems, and you inspire me to keep going!

[@DinaNorlund]

Danny yay gogogo!!

[@christineingram55]

Beautiful 😀

[@SeraphinDivia]

Hmm, personally, i don't think he's weird. I think he's a more realistic kind of merman. And your drawing is really, reeeaaaalllyyy beatiful. It was a really good idea to make the background black. It's like if he's swimming in the depths.

[@kathleenrivas6257]

YOU. DESERVE. MORE. SUBS.

[@alfiemarshall9224]

i’ve got an exam today and couldn’t sleep, but i watched this and it made me so calm and happy lol

[@anima6583]

I know its not a fish but a sea slug mermaid maybe? the blue dragon sea slug would be such a pretty and interesting mermaid :)

[@JessicaFonseca21]

i stan realistic mermaidssss

[@varvaraellena9764]

Love it

[@CherryBombArt13]

I would love to draw mermaids like that but I can’t and I don’t want to copy. Can you make a tutorial?

[@pay1370]

i really like the contrast between your mermaid and the background

[@mjpete27]

I am really enjoying your interpretation of mermaids! such a fun time too! Thanks Dina! Hullo Alice uses Watercolor to "Set" the pencil to prevent smudges this protects her drawings in her sketchbooks in this manner! You might try it!

[@JG-on2wx]

Your clean outlines with the pencil really make me smile, it's so satisfying to watch. I always catch myself drawing the sketch too dark so that the outlines can't stand out very much. I need to improve on that. Thanks for the video! 💙

[@JaeJekyll]

I love him! Arowana are very dragon-like in my opinion and I just looove watching them swim! Theyre such aggressive eaters! Its crazy!

[@raliiillustration8142]

Ahaha, I love the bit at the end where you made him "swim" by wiggling the pages. I think the balance you struck here between fish and human is perfection. I love that strong profile and the fishy eye.

[@seanmaharaj1433]

This is really beautiful, you are an amazing artist

[@clitic1831]

Wow, that looks so cool!!

[@InvokeArtSense]

You did a great job with the arowana merman design. I love the black background because it makes him really pop in all his merman glory.

[@Myserieden]

This piece is awesome.

[@citroken]

This is sooo stunning! I love the nuances in the color even though it's a white fish, it adds so much dimension. The black background made it pop so much more too!

[@victoriaperman4128]

Looks like it's shinning!! love it

[@Zia-ep3co]

I sketched along a few mermaids

[@gordonmorgan3131]

Daler rowney is a real nice acrylic black for painting and kuretake bimoji brush pens are a good low bleed solid black pen

[@Nahvie]

omg when you added the gold :0 So pretty!

[@NotesNNotes]

Your line art was so beautiful. The weight of the lines around the arms and yet the flow and weightlessness you seem to get when sketching the fins, it's just incredible.

[@ByE-ty5fx]

Such a cool and majestic drawing!

[@SigneofHorses]

Love the look on his face!! Wonderfull art!

[@ninneko19]

Your art is gorgeous, I'm amazed

[@masonpines8345]

you're one of my top three artists

[@tommycarlier9617]

I love your linework and soft colours!

[@hannajo40]

Your semi realistic style is what I strive for. Subscribed within 30 seconds of seeing your art😍😍

[@keithhalfa912]

Your art is so inspiring!!

[@thatsweetdemon3643]

That is so cool I love how you did a spin to a normally pretty merman? And made him look more fish like in apperince

[@DinaNorlund]

that sweet demon glad you liked it! :D

[@thatsweetdemon3643]

@@DinaNorlund of course why wouldn't I be?! It's amazing

[@silverwoof1760]

Sorry that comment didn't have to do with the video. I love your art it's so amazing! I've been really curious on how to draw a white thing on white paper for a while without just leaving it all white so this really was helpful.

[@mpsensha]

Such an elegant design, the black makes him stand out beautifully. Love it. And your goldfish as well, looking forward to your next mermaids.

[@SketchingPandaRen]

I like the fin 'hair' but the more human hair seem more like the right thing, imo. because of, like, The Little Mermaid story (the original on not Disney's) cause the sisters cut their long hair for the knife.

[@anastassiashved9711]

That's really cool the way you interpret mermaid topic ;)

[@Chaos_Tea]

I didn’t even realize it was merman until I saw this

[@bakotademon5543]

first, it was amazing, I'm so happy that you do this videos draw with me because is so relaxing so much and in the sametime, I learn from you and I feel confident too when I feel down with my drawing...thanx to you

[@dreahatch7299]

Super cool. Love how it turned out.

[@tagobel6684]

I really like the way your creatures are aesthetic but still kind of monster-y and mysterious. I also love your style. Big vibes

[@bagina482]

Your videos are always so relaxing and just chill for me. They always make me kinda sleepy and I love binging them before I go to bed!

[@aubreyackermann8432]

Maybe the gold is some kind of makeup they wear. I think that would add depth to the creature design, having a cultural element.

[@kloogirlart]

youtube is recomenind you in a stay home and draw playlist, i think this is a wonderful way too help fill the time everyone now has ^^ i still love your work dina, i look forward to your next creature creation

[@tegueggu]

Arawona are my absolute favorite fish, this is lovely!

[@KodaTheOfficialChannel]

Omg I love you and your art! You have inspired me to start working on my own graphic novel that I have always wanted to write but never knew how to make it happen! Your videos really helped me figure some things out ❤

[@ВаняИванова-л2ч]

Art With KODA I love your art 💘💖💗 especially your fusions ☺️

[@KodaTheOfficialChannel]

@@ВаняИванова-л2ч awww thank you so much ❤

[@DinaNorlund]

Art With KODA fantastic!! Feel free to share in the comments when you want to show

[@KodaTheOfficialChannel]

@@DinaNorlund omg you replied ❤ and thank you! That is so kind ^__^ I think I'm going to try by best to vlog the process like you did

[@KodaTheOfficialChannel]

May I ask where you get your sticker sheets made?

[@audreyolejasz352]

I for one would love to see some fishy faces. I absolutely love the way that you can pull out all of the interesting, creepy aspects out of realism and incorporate them into your style!!!

[@santipapa6986]

i love this, but i cant stop thinking about how would it look with cooler colors, like the pencil u used to sketch

[@JuanRodriguez-ox6is]

Thank you for reminding me of this challenge. I forgot it came up. This merman is also really beautiful. It's nice to see merman in this too. Love your work so its at subscribe since it inspires me to draw! Thank you!

[@jonaswesstrom8180]

I really love it! 😍❤️

[@YOURWRAITH]

That laugh scared me and made my soda come out my nose when I laughed.

[@breann7316]

Oh goodness this is extremely beautiful

[@psyphantasia]

Love this from you sooo much, you inspired me to try dip into the mermay month. Xxx

[@sarahnielsen7835]

I really like the human more fish face please don’t change 😃😍

[@CarolynsArtAdventures]

He's gorgoeous! I *love* the black background with the white and shadowing. So amazing looking!

[@yalissngom8135]

The second mermaid looks like the first one’s little sister that just want her super cool big sister to notice her 😂

[@KryptoniteKenzie]

this reminds me so much of the illustrations in a Spiderwick book (maybe) i read when I was about 10? absolutely amazing

[@MLEbug]

He looks FANTASTIC! Just the right balance between human and fish. He also looks wise, somehow. :)

[@gingerbop157]

i looooooove himmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@nncerpower1]

They're all so beautiful !!!

[@igsodaswirls1911]

I wanna see a draw with me for every day of May! Please!!! Please!!!!!!!

[@edenmatthews7266]

I really liked the painting black part I just found it really sadifying

[@LoreIllustration]

One of the best Mermay I've seen! Soo cool! :)

[@HelloMonster]

Amazing, love the illustration ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@popisocks5767]

I love it with the “Blackground!” 😂 💜

[@ericaartofficialn8635]

Amazing !!!!