This week’s assignment in my sketching and watercolor class was to draw a machine-made object. I spent some time noodling over what object had meaning to me that I wanted to draw when I looked down on my work table and the answer became obvious:
![watercolor painting of purple rotary cutter](https://www.julieneu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JulieNeu_LaFazio-Lesson-6_2017-02-28.jpg)
Because this month’s BirdZeed challenge word was “pink,” I chose a pink color for the “fabric” in the background.