week #46-holiday drawing

While everybody else is sketching away at Christmas trees, wreaths, and so forth, I have been attempting to draw what is really a beautiful sterling silver menorah. When Jessica (my youngest) spent her junior year in London, she spent the subsequent summer waltzing around Europe -- and she went to Israel. She bought this dazzling, contemporary piece for me and sent it home with a friend - or the friend's parents (even worse) who were coming back to the U.S. toute de suite. They must have sat on the damn suitcase, because the 9th candle holder for the shamus (the candle from which you light each of the others) was bent. I never had it straightened, and so it has its own character. In the drawing, the whole thing looks crooked. But that's because I couldn't get the angles or the proportions right. Trust me, this is the third try. Don't forget to click on the drawing to see it close up in all its glory (grin). It's difficult! Every time you move your head one inch, the whole view changes. Maybe I should wait till Chanukah starts and draw it each night with the requisite number of candles. After 8 more tries, I might get it right - LOL