mermaids who cry tears of pearls 🧜🏻‍♀️ chinese folklore series

hello!! i'm kicking off my folklore series with jiaoren, the chinese mermaid 💌 these mystical beings weave silk from moonlight, and when they cry, their tears turn into shimmering pearls ✨ i'm planning a series of art nouveau inspired chinese mythology illustrations, so thought i'd document the process on this channel :) *********************************** 🌷 Art supplies Sennelier Wooden Watercolour Set: UK - https://tidd.ly/4j6g5jy US - https://tidd.ly/3Xz40ew Talens Art Creation Sketchbook, https://amzn.to/46Oumhy Tiny Sketchpad: UK - https://tidd.ly/42lSBBu US - https://tidd.ly/4hUJwEq 🌷 Misc! Butterfly Matches, https://amzn.to/4nFjNmz Traveler's Brass Paper Clips: https://amzn.to/4ms1kck https://amzn.to/4pwABhd ⭐⭐⭐ some of the links here are affiliate links, which means you will be supporting this channel if you use them, at no extra cost to you! 💌 thank you for watching & happy sketching 🤍 *********************************** 🎋 Video content - Jiaoren - The Chinese Mermaid 🎋 00:00 - 鲛人 01:19 - tears of pearls 01:56 - sea silk 03:55 - eternal flame 06:15 - scared of failure :( 07:52 - other draft sketches! *********************************** 🌷 Socials   / annalily.art     / annalily.art   contact me 💌 softandcosy.art@gmail.com *********************************** 🌷 Video info Music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Get a 7-day free trial with my link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/ifvr6f camera: https://amzn.to/3VX0EAK tripod: https://amzn.to/3InJZmU *********************************** Sub count: 1181!! ly #mermaids #mermay #mythology #folklore