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Weekly Contest #273
Candace spent the evening in her studio. Working like crazy in the overwhelming acrylic and hardwood pencil shavings. This particular painting would be the fifth one she had to do today for clients. Candace swiftly brushes at the corner of the painting, tidying up the last line. Until her hand cramps. “Ow, Jesus!” she exclaims when her hand goes numb and knocks the water bowl and a pill bottle onto the floor. Candace glances at the colored mess, moving on with her brush stroke. The pill bottle tumbled through the colored mess, rolling slowl...
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