We drew leaves with a straight edge and compass today. I saw the maple leaves on my way to class and thought it was so pretty. So when we were introduced to the activity, I immediately thought of those leaves. I thought it would be hard to draw the maple with a ruler and a compass because of how complex the leaf looked, but it turns out that using the compass was the hardest part. I found it frustrating to use the compass in the kit because it kept on slipping and because it was challenging to make the compass draw the circle without changing the radius midway. So instead, I made my own compass with my hair tie, a pencil, and a pencil crayon. I was really proud of the compass I made because it worked a lot better than the actual compass. During the process, I found it hard to remember how I drew each section of the leaf, as they all turned out differently than what I expected even though I thought I used the same procedure, but eventually, I figured out what I was doing wrong and I am pretty proud of the end result. I liked how mathy this art activity was. When I was little, when I drew with my sister, she would always tease me for how many measurements and calculations I make to do my drawing. It felt nice to be able to have fun with my measurements and calculations in my drawing process with other people without being judged. :)
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