Symbolic Still Life

I decided to draw three lollipops for my symbolic still life project. The dum-dum is in the process of unraveling itself as I sketch it. This symbolizes a child growth and coming out of their shell over time. A child is very protected and as they age they gain more freedom. I really enjoyed working with pencil and learning how to shade better, working with intense sun light in a shady room was a definite challenge for me, but in the end it was very successful. One of the other challenging aspects was getting the texture of the crinkled wrapper which took a lot of time, but I was able to pull it off in the end.