Graduated to deities

Something of a small milestone in drawing class today. I finished the fish you see here (one of the eight auspicious symbols) and showed the teacher, who usually points out how this or that could be improved. But he just looked at it and said “good.” After I cleaned the slate and prepped it for my next assignment, I was surprised to be given a Buddha face, the first human figure I've been asked to draw!

Now if I could only do as well with painting.

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