Oh...

Thanks for waiting, Rin.
I brought those pencils and sketchbooks I said I'd bring the other day.

Okay...
But how exactly do you do still-life drawings?

Umm...
Actually, Rin, can you guess what that involves?

Drawing what you see.

Exactly. Your goal is to carefully observe your model and capture its shape, texture and such in your drawing.

However, Rin, you'll just be doing a sketch now and coloring it in later.

Your sketch will turn out better if you make sure not to press down too hard with your pencils or make the lines too thick.

Okay, I'll be careful...

In any case, actually drawing is the best way to learn, so let's get started.

Feel free to ask me any questions you have. I'll try to give you whatever advice I can while drawing alongside you.

So, let's begin with your overall composition.

I know what that is...
You're always trying to fix your drawings because of it.

That's because I keep thinking it'll make my drawings look better if I do. But I always obsess over it too much and end up torturing myself instead.

Then, this isn't as hard as you make it seem?

Hmm...
I think that depends on who you ask...

For now, why don't we decide what's going to be at the very center of your drawing?

The very center?

Yeah, whatever's gonna sit in the middle.
The thing you want to draw the most.

The thing I want to draw the most...?

Then, the door...

Really? Sounds good.
Next, what sort of angle do you wanna draw the door from.

You could look at it straight on, from the left or from the right... It could look drastically different depending on which angle you choose.

Hmm...
I think I wanna include some of the stepping stones leading up to it.

Okay. Then, why don't we try walking around to find a good angle that includes them?

You could also go a little further by considering the height from which you draw.

There's so much to think about...

This is like the bare minimum.
Anyway, if you don't hurry, I'm gonna find the better spot.

No, that's not happening...

Oh... I drew it too big again...

Things in the distance need to be smaller...

How's your drawing coming along, Rin...?

So, I've drawn the lake...
But I'm having trouble with the things sticking out of it.

I redrew them over and over.
My paper's a mess now...

But the ones on the right look really good...

...

Miku, Len, wanna try drawing something...?

Us?

Wow... Thanks, Rin!

...

...

Luka, move...

Phew...
My second one's finished.

It looks a lot better than the one I drew with Ena.

Still, the things up close and far away look kinda funny...

I should practice some more.
I still have plenty of pages left in this sketchbook...

I wonder if Ena also thinks about this stuff while working on her drawings...

Is that why she always looks so serious or like she's in pain...?

(Ena cares a lot more about what she draws compared to me.)

(But I think I understand how she feels a little better now...)

I'll try drawing a third one.