[First Order] Broad Strokes

[Marzena Vaas]

Marzena nodded to [member="Lara Andar"], and offered the woman another smile before turning back to her canvas. Peeking around her easel once more, she squinted her eyes again, her gaze shifted back and forth between [member="Norin Kellarov"] and her poorly drawn rendition of his form. She tilted her head to the side; maybe it didn’t look so bad from this angle. Marzena set down her pencil and she shifted on her stool, her lower back was getting sore. After a quick stretch, she picked up a small palette of paint and a brush.

The movements of her brush were more confident, it was easy to fill in the blank areas with a bit of peachy color. She had decided to use the flesh toned paint right out of the tube, instead of attempting to mix her own. It wasn’t quite right, perhaps a bit more pink than she would have liked… but it was close enough. Her hand froze when she realized that the instructor was now standing just behind her, his eyes studying her work.

“You might add a bit more shading,” He said to her, and pointed towards the shoulder of her drawing. “Right there. Ah, yes. That’s much better.”
As the instructor continued down the line of students, Marzena looked up to see [member="Sara Lee Jones"] approach.

“Yes, thank you.” She said with a polite nod, “Nice to meet you, Captain Jones.”

Marzena continued to paint for another moment, and she turned to her classmates.

“So, how are your paintings coming along? Better than mine, I hope.” She said with a laugh. But just then, there was another new arrival. This time, a trooper stood framed in the doorway. Hmm, this was an interesting sight…

[member="BE-183"], [member="Archer Brandt"], [member="Leilani Paaie"], [member="Irajah Ven"], [member="Michael Wainford"]

 

[Kuzo]

The instructor passed behind @Marzena Choi, not particularly polite in his suggestion- but then, Irajah didn't expect professors to do anything less. He was positively warm and fuzzy compared to the doctors she had studied under. He paused for a moment behind her own seat, and she continued as she was, not particularly bothered by his presence.

"Good use of negative space," he said grudgingly before moving on. She smiled slightly, glancing at Marzena out of the corner of her eye. Waiting until she caught her gaze, she rolled her eyes in an exaggerated fashion at the retreating professor.

She looked up when the trooper came to the door. Irajah was accustomed to their presence almost everywhere in Avalonia- they seemed to show up at random. But even considering that, this seemed like a strange place for one. Hopefully they'd been warned ahead of time! After all, walking in to unexpected nudity wasn't a picnic for most people.

Leaning over, she paused in her sketching. Smiling at the others.

"My name's Irajah- anyone taken a class with this professor before?"

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@​BE-183 [member="Archer Brandt"] [member="Norin Kellarov"] [member="Sara Lee Jones"] [member="Lara Andar"] [member="Leilani Paaie"]

 

[Sara Lee Jones]

[member="Irajah Ven"]
nah, painting is usually a thing I do at home mostly self taught this is the first class for me...and quite frankly a interesting one

She said as she kept her brush moving, the painting was coming out ok...not a masterpiece for sure but rather unique in a way

names Sara Lee Jones by the way, Captain of bolt squadron
[member="Irajah Ven"]