Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Lily who loved to paint. She would spend hours in her room, painting everything she could see. One day, she decided to paint a picture of herself. She posed in front of the canvas, getting into the perfect position.

As she started to paint, she realized that the picture didn’t look quite right. She tried to move her body into a different position, but it still wasn’t working. She then remembered that she could rotate the canvas to get a better view. With that, she was finally able to simplify the pose and get it just right.

Next, she had to scale the picture to fit the canvas. She made sure that everything looked proportional and in its place. Finally, she was ready to render the picture and make it come to life. She carefully added color, making sure each stroke was just right.

When she was done, she stepped back and looked at her masterpiece. She was so proud of what she had created and couldn’t wait to show it to everyone. From that day on, she continued to create beautiful paintings, always remembering to move, pose, position, render, rotate, scale, and simplify until she was happy with the final result.

Reflections

• What was the little girl's name in the story?
• What did she like to do?
• What did she paint a picture of?
• How did she make her pose look better in the picture?
• Why was she proud of her picture?
• What did she learn from painting this picture?