Under the Sea
(continued from yesterday)
~ The Little Mermaid ~
Down here all the fish is happy
as off through the waves they roll.
The fish on the land ain't happy,
they sad 'cause they in their bowl.
But fish in the bowl is lucky,
they in for a worser fate.
One day when the boss get hungry
guess who's gon' be on the plate.
Under the sea,
under the sea,
nobody beat us,
fry us or eat us
in fricassee.
We what the land folks loves to cook.
Under the sea we off the hook.
We got no troubles,
life is the bubbles,
under the sea.
Since life is sweet here,
we got it beat here,
naturally.
Even the sturgeon an' the ray
they get the urge 'n' start to play.
We got the spirit,
you got to hear it,
under the sea!
(Kind of long, but here's the rest.)
The newt play the flute,
the carp play the harp,
the plaice play the bass,
and they soundin' sharp.
The bass play the brass,
the chub play the tub,
the fluke is the duke of soul.
(Yeah)
The ray he can play
the lings on the strings.
The trout rockin' out,
the blackfish she sings.
The smelt and the sprat
they know where it's at,
an' oh that blowfish blow.
Under the sea,
under the sea,
when the sardine
begin the beguine,
it's music to me.
What do they got? A lot of sand,
we got a hot crustacean band.
Each little clam here
know how to jam here
under the sea.
Each little snail here
know how to wail here.
That's why it's hotter
under the water.
Ya we in luck here,
down in the muck here
under the sea.
Going to add this post to the weekly Artist's Play Room challenge. Jenn encourages us to 'art' and share it in the play room. Why don't you head on over here and check it out.
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Twinchies are tiny pieces of art that are two inches square. A whole bunch of artists on facebook are currently involved in a twinchie swap. I can not wait to start receiving beautiful pieces of art from all over the world - literally! These are just a few of the twinchies I will be sending out. More tomorrow.
These twinchies were made on watercolor Bristol smooth from Strathmore, color comes from Dylusions Ink Sprays, and sparklies are courtesy of Wink of Stella Glitter Markers and At You Spica Pens. Click on photo to see a larger view.
I drew this tile awhile back. I've long had a fascination with the undersea world. When I was growing up in Newfoundland, my dad would fish off the only dock on the Navy base in Argentia just about every weekend. He fished for cod and flounder, and would often catch a puffer fish. It seems like they called them blowfish back then. I remember him taking me to the base library when I was about ten years old and we checked out this wonderful, big, full-color book of ocean photography. For almost a year, I kept that book checked out, renewed and renewed again. I loved it! My dad never got to see any of my drawings, but I know that he would have loved them! And he would have shown them to every single person at his church.
I love drawing underwater pictures! Underwater tangles! Underwater gardens you might call some of them. This one is only partially done. I have been trying different art styles and techniques in my Stillman & Birn Zeta Series Sketchbook. I will be curious to see how this 9" x 12" drawing turns out with color. I think I'll work with copics and twinkling H2Os. I'm curious to try those two together, on this paper. When I get back home where my pens are, I'll get to work on it and let you know.
Jenn at Just Add Water, Silly, is hosting the Artist's Play Room again this week! Jenn is Canadian and in honor of Canada's birthday - this week's theme is All Things Canadian. Those of us here in the USofA could do a USA theme if we wanted to. I grew up in Newfoundland, and for many years had dual citizenship. I decided to go Canadian for this challenge. My drawing is above. Here's a break-down.
Depending on where you live, Canada has huge deer, caribou, moose - I went with the deer. I never saw any caribou in the part of the country I lived in, but I saw lots of moose and deer.
To represent the Butchart Gardens in British Columbia, I added a totem pole, some flower fields, and some water. Drawing these two pages and picking just the right tangles to fill the areas was a challenge all by itself.
Then I used Pitt Artist's Markers and my Derwent Inktense Pencils and watercolored my picture. I love the way this looks like a snowy, wintery dawn.
Butchart Gardens - ta-da!
Tangles used: feagle, pais, sproing, papyrus, fractal tree, buttercup, flutter, sag, angel fish, keeko, pokeleaf, hibred, florz, rags, and printemps.
You can check out everyone's contribution here. You still have time to join us!
