I definitely can't draw you a picture of Mae Tuck. I can type for but not draw. According to my own students, you definitely don't want me to draw either. I can help identify key parts of chapter two's narration that will help you formulate a more dialed in drawing of Mae Tuck.
The first description of Mae's physical appearance is that she is a "great potato of a woman with a round,...
I definitely can't draw you a picture of Mae Tuck. I can type for but not draw. According to my own students, you definitely don't want me to draw either. I can help identify key parts of chapter two's narration that will help you formulate a more dialed in drawing of Mae Tuck.
The first description of Mae's physical appearance is that she is a "great potato of a woman with a round, sensible face and calm brown eyes." I'm not 100% sure of what a potato woman looks like, but I do know that most women would not want to be compared to a potato. Potatoes are oddly shaped, which is not flattering. Second, potatoes tend to be . . . not skinny. However you draw Mae, do not draw her as having the stereotypical "hourglass" female shape. In fact, don't highlight a waste line at all. Round face and brown eyes is fairly straightforward. She also needs gray-brown hair and a blue straw hat.
Next, you need to put clothes on Mae. Stick with browns for coloring. Make them look worn. A few patches maybe. Definitely pile on more clothes or clothing layers than normal. The text says that she wore three petticoats at a time and then a cotton jacket on top of it all. Put Mae in a skirt, not pants.
Mae Tuck climbed out of bed and began to dress: three petticoats, a rusty brown skirt with one enormous pocket, an old cotton jacket, and a knitted shawl which she pinned across her bosom with a tarnished metal brooch.
If you are basing your image on only Chapter Two, I recommend having Mae be smiling. She is excited to see her two sons after not having seen them in many years.
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