Coloring

Candy is colorful and fun, but the act if drawing it is a challenge.  A jar full of candy sits on the table in front of me with wrappers and more candy spread around it.  Our task is to draw the outlines of the jar, the candy inside of it, and the candy around it.  Then, when wee are done drawing the outlines, we are given colored pencils to make the picture come to life.  This is by far more difficult than it was to draw the bike.  Coloring in the jar is not as simple as coloring in a coloring book.  The reflections coming off of the jar create shapes and patterns of color that we must capture in our drawings.  Fortunately, Mrs. Kiick gave us a worksheet where we could see what certain colors do to each other.  When it was finished it looked like this:

After some time working on the handed out worksheet, I had more understanding with the correct way to shade with colored pencils.  My knowledge, however, wasn't enough for me to feel content with coloring my jar.  I took my time to work on some tracing paper until I was comfortable with jumping into my drawing.  I practiced twice before Mrs. Kiick suggested I dive into the real thing.  My two practice papers turned out looking like this:

I finally began my final drawing and am still only starting.  After many classes of anguish this is the completed product: