Practice sketching the Statue to (subject in Station VIII)

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Does it need to be sinister, or can you portray this subject in a more sympathetic light? Purely as an artistic exercise, of course.

Game Instructions: The darker it is, the easier your artistic project.

Difficulty is 250 - (10 * Station VIII: Darkness). The above is at Station VIII: Darkness 3.

Success

Practice

[See table below.]

Painter	Description
0 - 4	It's a sketch of a sculpture, and that naturally doesn't have the same effect as sketching a live model. But passers-by think it's handsome. One of them even leaves you a gift.
5 - 9	It's a sketch of a sculpture, and that naturally doesn't have the same effect as sketching a live model. But passers-by recognise the quality of your line-work anyhow. One of them even leaves you a gift.
10+	It's only a drawing, not a fully developed painting. […] But even such a casual effort is visibly yours – your composition, your handling of line and mass and shadow. Passers-by admire without fully understanding, and one leaves you a gift.

Serves you right for sketching in public

[See table below.]

Painter	Description
0 - 4	You try to capture the charismatic elegance of this statue, but the results are disappointing. Before you can amend the proportions, a passer-by laughs at your efforts. Well!
5+	You have a vision […] that emulates the line of the statue but brings its surroundings to imagined life. The results[…] are disappointing. Oh, the passers-by don't know any better. Some […] think your work is quite good. But it isn't what you meant to draw.