The teacher set up the still life which contained a draped sheet, a bottle, a clear vase and two silver ornate candle sticks. I started drawing and I just could not draw today. Every time I put a line on the paper, it was off. Every time I tried a different approach, it was off. Finally, I just sat there drawing circles until break time, then I continued to draw circles trying to get my ellipses right to draw these things. When we took another break to walk around and observe other students work and to see ours from a distance, all I had was three circles on a page. I told everyone that I had started over about four times at that point. One girl said, "Well, they're very nice circles." She was trying to cheer me up.
After that we had about an hour and a half left. I finally just said, screw it, I'm just gonna draw these stupid circles. Then I started connecting them and soon it turned into a candlestick. I threw up my hands and yelled, "That's it! I'm done, I'm not drawing another candlestick." Everyone was peeking around their easels at me and the teacher came over to critique it. She suggested a few adjustments and said, "Good start. Now you just have to finish the others." Which I did. The rest didn't take me but a few minutes to knock out and my classmates were impressed that I drew everything so quickly.
Now I just have to finish the shading and the background, but that is the easy part.
Stupid candlestick, I hate you.
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| almost done |
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| stupid candlestick |
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