Ella's sketch was coming out great. She drew a large square on her paper and a smaller square inside of that to represent the frame. In the top right corner she sketched the head of the squid. She was sketching lightly, drawing a triangle above a rectangle and a circle under that. She would merge the shapes to create the head of the creature. She then began to sketch the tentacles. She made them long and took care to draw the ends of each one to produce a swirling effect around the rest of the frame. She used crayons...yes, crayons... that her mother had insisted on packing and colored the squid a tan color. She then shaded the rest of the frame a dark brown. She wanted it to look very natural. With her sketch done, she was ready to start trying to bring it to life.