Mermaid painting in progress

Here is my start on the mermaid painting. I am a little bit stalled here. I'm not quite sure where I want to go with it at the moment.

Definitely some more shading on the body and tail, and I think I want the hair to wander out a little more. 

Also definitely more contrast between the figure and the background.

 It is really helpful to take a picture and evaluate-really helps to see the obvious! 

Its a forest for the trees kind of thing! LOL!

Here is a close-up:

Working on a canvas background

This is an 16" by 20" gallery wrapped canvas that I bought at Michaels. This is probably the biggest canvas I have ever attempted to paint. I have a few layers of acrylic colors here, using stencils, a sea sponge and some drippage. Some of it is Golden acrylics and some is Adirondack dabbers. I like the super matte finish of the anirondacks-they are easy to use a variety of mediums over. I think this painting is going to be a mermaid. We'll see!