6 Kids Each Learning Things One on One chapter 3
Kayla's Art
Summary: Kayla paints a portrait of Figment after he requests that he model for it after she forgets what she was originally going to draw at home.
It was an ordinary Saturday in early April and Kayla was inside on her family's computer due to it raining outside. She was playing Tetris while taking her turn. 5 minutes later, she stopped and logged out of her computer account since it was going to be Kendra's turn to play on a computer game. (Keith, Kenneth, and Kyle had already taken their turns.)
Kayla then went upstairs to the second floor of her family's home and back into her room. She couldn't remember what she had wanted to draw today, and it was frustrating. She still got paper and pencils out anyway, just in case she remembered. Then her mother Geraldine called for her to come back down.
"Coming!" Kayla called back before going downstairs. She then saw her mother in the living room on the couch, the latter having her cell phone in her hand.
"Kayla, Figment just texted me. He wants to know if you can paint a portrait of him while he models for it since he's curious about what your take on how he looks would be like." Geraldine explained. "Are you going to want to do that?"
"Sure; I'll be ready in about 2 minutes to do it." The 6-year-old girl answered, looking forward to seeing him again.
"Great. You can go back upstairs then." Geraldine said, texting Figment back to let him know that the answer was yes.
Kayla immediately ran back upstairs and went into her room, closing the door behind her. For her, it was easy to use her imagination to make her way to the Dream Port. Mere seconds later, she was there and standing in Dreamfinder and Figment's living room.
"Hi Kayla!" Figment flew up to her and hugged her tightly.
"Hi Figment. You're squeezing me too tight." She replied, struggling to breathe.
"Sorry." The purple dragon let go of the brunette girl. "Dreamfinder, do you have a smock for Kayla?"
Dreamfinder walked into the living room with a smock and beret for Kayla. "Indeed, I do. Thank you very much for agreeing to do this on short notice, Kayla."
"No problem; I like painting and I've always wanted to do a portrait of someone." Kayla put on the smock and the beret as she said this. She then saw that an easel had already been set up and that there was enough purple paint for her to use in addition to the other colors that she needed. "Considering I forgot what I had wanted to draw at home, maybe it's just as well that I am doing this. Dreamfinder, does a good idea ever really go away entirely if you forget it?"
"It usually doesn't. Your imagination memory can always find it again if it is a really strong idea." Dreamfinder assured her. "I think you'll remember what it was by the time you are done here."
"I hope so." The 6-year-old girl replied, feeling a little better after hearing that reassurance.
Figment decided to sit on a round stool. "I'll try my best to sit still even though it's hard." He promised.
"Considering how excited you are, I shouldn't be surprised." Kayla laughed a little after saying this. She then started working on painting an outline of Figment on the canvas using purple paint for most of it but orange paint for her depiction of his horns. She also filled those spaces in with the correct colors.
"Remember that there is no need to rush; it takes time to do things right." Dreamfinder reminded Kayla.
"I know." She assured him as she kept working. She was now at the point where she was painting the spikes on Figment's back and then painting his wings. Then she switched to using yellow paint to paint the eyes and then to black paint to put black pupils in the middle of them.
About 15 minutes after Kayla had started the painting, Figment asked if she was done yet.
"Not yet; I've got to put pink on the image of your belly and then draw your shirt." She replied.
"Oh, okay." Figment replied. He did his best to stay still for a bit longer as Kayla added those details she had mentioned and a few other finishing touches.
It wasn't too long before the painting of Figment was done, and Kayla smiled as she stepped back. "So, what do you think?"
"It looks great!" Figment declared. "Thanks for doing it!"
"I agree." The Dreamfinder added. "Thank you again, Kayla."
"You're welcome." Kayla replied. Then something hit her. "Oh yeah, I just remembered what I wanted to draw at home! I wanted to draw myself as a cowgirl since I recently read a story called 'Daring Deputies and the Return of Sagebrush Sam' and it got me interested in the wild west!" She was practically jumping up and down excitedly.
"Sounds great!" Figment was also excited but he was showing it by doing somersaults in midair. "Can you show it to us the next time we do a video call if it's done by then?"
"Sure, I could do that." The brunette girl assured the purple dragon.
"Let's get you home then, Kayla. We will see you again soon." Dreamfinder replied. "Farewell."
"Bye for now. I'm glad you were right about how a good idea can come back to a person." Kayla said. Moments later, she was back in her room. She sat down at the desk in her room and started drawing the picture of herself as a cowgirl. She was still smiling as she did this; Dreamfinder and Figment really did know how to make someone's day better in her opinion and she was no longer thinking of the rain that was still falling outside.
In the meantime, Dreamfinder had carefully moved the easel against one wall of his living room and put up a sign that said, "Wet Paint". He and Figment would have to leave tomorrow to collect more ideas and dreams but for now, they could relax.
Figment sat next to Dreamfinder on the sofa. "I can't wait until that's dry so that we can frame it and put it up on the wall with the fan art people have made of us." The purple dragon said.
"It won't be too long until then, Figment." Dreamfinder reminded him. Sometimes, things that people might need his and Figment's help with were simple e.g., helping someone remember an idea they had. He had purposely had Figment ask Kayla to paint a portrait of him when he had sensed her getting frustrated in response to forgetting the idea she had earlier. He had a feeling that taking time to do something else would help her remember it afterwards and he was happy that it had worked. Something being an easy problem to solve would not always be the case, but the duo was still willing to help anyone who needed it.