The Story of Pisces: From Original Sketch to Scratch Board

The Story of Pisces: From
Original Sketch to Scratch Board.

There are many stories of how the constellations were formed, the concept behind this art work is based on one story of how the Pisces constellation was formed.

In a nutshell, the story went like this:
The Goddess Venus (Aphrodite) was scared into hiding and two dolphins came to her rescue, as a gift from the Gods, they made the constellation of Pisces.

From an artistic stand point, this work of art was originally developed out of sketches in my sketchbook and then transferred to the pencil drawing in the top right hand corner, after I got the original sketch onto tracing paper, I etched the basic shapes into the scratchboard and then added the details of the rocks. Below those two, was an illustration of the dolphins.