This was an extremely hard project because I had a hard time coming up with ideas for what to include in the lines. It took a lot of brainstorming, and lots of creativity.  I learned a bunch during this project, including the use of imagination in art, how to use colored pencil, and working on art in a classroom with friends. It was overall a very good experience. I have a hard time not comparing myself to others as I watched their projects taking off, but I am overall very satisfied with the result of mine, especially the way that the octopus's body turned out. The colored pencil wasn't as hard as I thought it would be

This has been a very hard project, which makes it a lot easier to appreciate the finished project. I've had a lot of fun drawing- this is the first time that I have dealt with pencils, trying to make something very realistic. Throughout most of the project, I was looking at other people's drawings and feeling like wow, I'm NOT doing good. But at one point, I think after we did a walk around the room to look at everyone's drawings, I began to realize  that I was actually doing pretty good. With this newfound encouragement, I began to work harder on my drawing. It took a lot of patience, because it took A LOT of slow, small circles (which are actually very effective, though time consuming), and I got it. Overall, I am very happy with the results, and proud of my drawing.