Whilst I was writing this post, I read a poem titled “Windmill” and I thought that it’s the perfect description for this picture. I had a lot of fun shading this with the different levels of shading pencils; I usually shade everything with an HB pencil.
The Windmill
by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Behold! a giant am I!
   Aloft here in my tower,
   With my granite jaws I devour
The maize, and the wheat, and the rye,
   And grind them into flour.
I look down over the farms;
   In the fields of grain I see
   The harvest that is to be,
And I fling to the air my arms,
   For I know it is all for me.
I hear the sound of flails
   Far off, from the threshing-floors
   In barns, with their open doors,
And the wind, the wind in my sails,
   Louder and louder roars.
I stand here in my place,
   With my foot on the rock below,
   And whichever way it may blow
I meet it face to face,
   As a brave man meets his foe.
And while we wrestle and strive
   My master, the miller, stands
   And feeds me with his hands;
For he knows who makes him thrive,
   Who makes him lord of lands.
On Sundays I take my rest;
   Church-going bells begin
   Their low, melodious din;
I cross my arms on my breast,
   And all is peace within.