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After we've done our research at the local aquarium and you've read some books at the
library, we're ready to start getting our ideas down on paper and by this I mean doing
a nice little test drawing of what our mural is going to look like. Now if you yourself
are not artistically inclined, no problem. This isn't a barrier. Maybe you have an artistic
friend of yours who could help you. Better yet, even collaborate on this project with
you. So if that's the case that's great. But what we're going to demonstrate here is just
getting these ideas down on paper. Think of this piece of paper as your wall. This is
your wall that you're going to be painting off of. So all the different marine creatures
you found, let's start getting them down here. Here we have some clown fish, over here we
have some seaweed from the depths. We also have a little crab going, Hey, how's it going,
another like more of a puffer fish over here and up here of course we have a Marlin. You
know one of the more graceful creatures of the deep. So we want to make sure that we're
kind of understanding where our different drawings are going to go in relation to each
other. We also want to make sure that we're not drawing anything super scary. If you're
a shark enthusiast out there, you can make sharks kind of happy and friendly but you
really have to work at it. Keep in mind this is going to be for a child and child's imaginations
are very vivid when it comes to things with sharp pointy teeth. So, keep that in mind.
Once more beyond this, don't think of this as a straight jacket. This is a general guide,
a road map for our mural. But as your painting along you may want to alter things, something
looks a little bit out of flow, maybe you want three clown fish, etc. Definitely it's
a guide, not a straight jacket.