Because sometimes I just want to paint

I am the first to admit that I am not an artist. I like to draw and color (I have a book of dragons right now), and I enjoy art in general, but I am far from original. Sometimes, the only reason I even decide to do anything artsy is because I don't fee like doing anything else and, for some odd reason, can't just sit and watch TV while doing nothing else.

A few weeks ago, I got a fish. He's a pretty, blue and and yellow Betta Fish named Odysseus. I saw all of these tanks with pictures and scenes behind them, but since I got a boring fish bowl, my fish does not get this decoration. Because I was bored and looking for an excuse to paint something, I decided to create a nice, underwater scene of a coral reef because, well, Betta Fish are tropical, right? Odysseus needed a piece of home.


I like to experiment with ink and water color, mostly to make maps; occasionally, I delve into something else. This project was challenging for me because I had never attempted to draw fish or undersea animals. That and it expanded my experience with blending colors to get a vibrant, diverse scene.