I've always considered art to be "my thing", the area where hours transform into the graceful dance of brushes on papers. It was a simple day. I finished my other classes before going to my favorite class-art. My teacher, a beautiful woman who always smiled, assigned our final task of the year: finish a self-portrait (自画像). I hadn't done one since second grade. This was going to be an interesting challenge.
I looked through my photo albums as soon as I returned home. The first picture I found was me in 7th grade. Hmm. My teeth looked a little strange. The next picture was me with my friend. Ugh there was a giant dot on my cheek. The third picture was me with my little sister. What was my hair doing? I decided I couldn't use any of these photographs.
I went to my room and pulled up my mirror, face-to-face with my reflection. I started with the outline. First, I captured (捕捉) the shape of my face. I settled on some odd mixture between oval (椭圆) and circular (圆). Then, I continued sketching (素描) the eyes, nose, mouth, ears and finally my hair. The outline took a while because I wanted it to be beautiful. Then I worked on the actual painting process for a few days, making sure every detail was perfect. Finally, I finished it a week early.
I presented it to my teacher, who looked over it and sighed, "But we need to discuss the..."
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After arriving home, I looked in the mirror again.
When I submitted the updated portrait, my teacher smiled and proposed to show it at an exhibition.
