_{Holding a drawing of a table lamp}

Hello steemian friends. Welcome once again to my blog. Today, I’d like to share with us what I cooked for a good number of minutes—it’s a drawing actually. Would like to thank @m-fdo for organising a beautiful contest as this.
First, I have a brief list of what I needed for my drawing. Just three items, to be precise.

Tools needed:

• Pencil
• Eraser
• A ruler
  These are the only tools that were needed throughout my drawing.

I wouldn’t like to start off with a bad key, but trust me when I say, I need grace in the area of arts. As I was going through one of my social media handles this morning, I saw a picture that captured beautiful memories. These pictures were not painted or captured with a digital camera, they were all drawings by my friend’s little brother, Emmanuel.

I so loved it. I loved it that he was able to tell clear stories with his drawings that were near perfect. I can remember so well the last he was asked what he’d like to become and he said a teacher, not an artist. Then clicked in my memory, and I said to myself that indeed anyone could become what they wanted to become only with handwork and consistency.

Later in the day, I logged on to my steemit account only to see this challenging contest to draw a table lamp. Whether I liked it or not, I had to be a part of this. I might be terrible at drawing, but I know I’d become better with time. What I saw this morning wasn’t just a challenge, but a motivation.

Quickly, I reached a plain sheet and placed it on my table. I grabbed my table lamp and before a twinkle of an eye, my pencil was already at work. I made light and slant sketches first from the bottom as seen here.

_{Skeleton of the table lamp}

Before I knew it, it was almost over. I erased for so many times that I lost count though, but my happiness is that I didn’t stop halfway. I was unable to tell if I had it correctly because the original copy of the table lamp is much different from what was on my paper.

_{The final stage}

I was a bit discouraged to post it, but this is one journey I’m not ashamed of. Whether I got it right or not, I needed to be proud of my time and energy in this, and I think others would be glad I tried something.

Would like to invite @ukpono, @anthony002 and @justiceanietie to take part in this contest.

Thanks for reading through.