Mannequin Still Life

Decent Essays
Anna Kayner
10th Grade
Drawing Class
Mannequin Still Life
“Mannequin”

The mannequin is known as sally. She has never had a home, she goes from house to house, she is something only old people would buy, but they never use her. She is usually found stand upon a shelf, dusty. I wouldn’t buy sally because I’m not a old person you see, so being friends with sally is out of the question.

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