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I drew this one in my art class. We were doing a poetry interpretation and each of us got a poem and we were supposed to draw something referring to the poem. This painting is mixed media with pastel, water pencils, watercolor and oil pastels.

The poem I did was called Turtle By Kay Ryan and it goes like this:

Who would be a turtle, who could help it?
A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet,
She can ill afford the chances she must take
In rowing toward the grasses that she eats.
Her track is graceless, like dragging
A packing-case places, and almost any slope
Defeats her modest hopes. Even being practical,
She's often stuck up to the axle on her way
To something edible. Without everything optimal,
She skirts the ditch which would convert
Her shell into a serving dish. She lives
Below luck level, never imagining some lottery
Will change her load of pottery to wings.
Her only levity is patience,
The sport of truly chastened things.

P.S. If your wondering, the thing in color is an upside down turtle shell. Hope you like it!!

Description
I drew this one in my art class. We were doing a poetry interpretation and each of us got a poem and we were supposed to draw something referring to the poem. This painting is mixed media with pastel, water pencils, watercolor and oil pastels.

The poem I did was called Turtle By Kay Ryan and it goes like this:

Who would be a turtle, who could help it?
A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet,
She can ill afford the chances she must take
In rowing toward the grasses that she eats.
Her track is graceless, like dragging
A packing-case places, and almost any slope
Defeats her modest hopes. Even being practical,
She's often stuck up to the axle on her way
To something edible. Without everything optimal,
She skirts the ditch which would convert
Her shell into a serving dish. She lives
Below luck level, never imagining some lottery
Will change her load of pottery to wings.
Her only levity is patience,
The sport of truly chastened things.

P.S. If your wondering, the thing in color is an upside down turtle shell. Hope you like it!!