Making a statement with a sketch

Today’s sktchy prompt was Art Activism.

I went to the local aquarium today….I saw some creatures that I know are struggling against human greed and indifference. I took a photo of a snow monkey and used him for my #sktchy30 #day13.

In the sketch, I used the poem “all things bright and beautiful” and added my own stanza to take the place of those that followed …. 

…with Bayer and Monsanto’s evil ways,  when the many tomorrows come, will there be a place for the antelopes to play, or will we have lost our home?

I got to the bottom and it was a little tight writing on the page so the pen burped and I had to try to correct the misfires….

Today’s sketch

“Tiny baby”. This is collage/gesso/pencil and acrylic….I cut a hand shape out of a magazine and then I used gesso to “glue” it down. I brushed gesso over the top the collaged piece and then used pencil to pull out the details of the hand. Then I used acrylics to do the puppy. I have been trying to do collage for years the way Teesha Moore does collage and I just decided that I would occasionally incorporate it into my drawings.