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A beautiful, carefully hand-drawn sketch on clean, smooth bright white sketchbook paper, horizontal 16:9 format, photographed flat from above. The paper is pure white, bright and clean, no yellowing, no vintage texture. The composition is elegant, balanced, and fills the wide frame perfectly. The central element is a classical balance scale, drawn with soft graphite pencil. The vertical stand is in the middle of the page, plain, with no text on it. The horizontal beam rests across the top, slightly tilted — the right side is a little higher than the left, showing growth and progress. On the left side hangs a large, generously sized scale pan, colored with a soft pastel lemon yellow colored pencil. Inside the pan, written in small neat Russian handwriting with a fine black pen: «Пре-проба: куратор Умскул». Below it, in slightly smaller letters: «Я помогаю». The yellow pan feels warm, safe, a starting point. Resting inside and near this left pan are two weights (girki), drawn as simple flat circles with soft colored pencil fill and fine black pen labels: — A medium-sized weight, color: soft dusty lavender (light purple). Label: «Курс ОПД: Далтон и Школа-парк». This is the largest girka, representing a semester-long theory experience. — A medium-small weight, color: warm pastel coral pink. Label: «Хакатон». This represents a growth zone experience. On the right side hangs a large, generously sized scale pan, colored with a soft pastel peach-orange colored pencil. It hangs visibly higher than the left pan — showing elevation, progress, achievement. Inside the pan, in neat Russian handwriting with a fine black pen: «Проба: репетитор». Below it: «Я учу». A small red X is drawn near this pan with a tiny note in red pen: «Темп урока». Resting inside and near this right pan are three smaller weights, each a distinctly different color with a fine black pen label: — A small weight, color: soft mint green. Label: «Гимназия 8 кл». This is a comfort zone, supportive experience. — A small weight, color: soft pastel peach-orange (same as the right pan). Label: «Гимназия 10 кл». A tiny red X is placed right next to this weight, clearly visible. This represents a difficult experience with a discovered deficit. — A small weight, color: soft sky blue. Label: «Мероприятие для бабушек». This is another comfort zone, supportive experience. Every single weight has its own distinct color, no color is used twice across different weights: Lemon yellow = left pan (Пре-проба) Dusty lavender = Курс ОПД (теория) Coral pink = Хакатон (зона роста) Peach-orange = right pan (Проба) and Гимназия 10 кл (трудный опыт) Mint green = Гимназия 8 кл (опора) Sky blue = Мероприятие для бабушек (опора) Red = only for X marks (дефицит) Soft, subtle dotted lines connect the weights to their pans, showing where each experience belongs. The tilt of the beam is gentle but clear — the journey went upward. The wide 16:9 canvas gives generous breathing space on both sides of the scale. The background is clean, bright white paper with minimal texture. The drawing feels centered but not cramped. In the bottom right corner, a neatly hand-drawn rectangular box with a thin black pen border contains the legend. Title inside the box: «Условные обозначения» in Russian. Below, arranged in a tidy column, each line has a hand-drawn colored circle followed by text in black pen: — A lemon yellow circle, next to it: «Пре-проба» — A peach-orange circle, next to it: «Проба» — A dusty lavender circle, next to it: «Теория, учёба» — A coral pink circle, next to it: «Зона роста» — A mint green circle, next to it: «Опора, комфортно» — A sky blue circle, next to it: «Опора, комфортно» — A peach-orange circle with a small red X drawn directly on it, clearly visible, next to it: «Трудный опыт / дефицит» — A small black arrow pointing upward, next to it: «Рост от пре-пробы к пробе» Below the list, in smaller neat handwriting with black pen: «Размер гирьки = длительность опыта» and on the next line: «Высота чаши = уровень роста». At the top of the page, centered elegantly: «Как прошёл мой семестр: от пре-пробы к пробе» in neat, slightly larger Russian handwriting with black pen. The overall aesthetic: refined student sketch on clean bright white paper, soft graphite pencil lines, distinct pastel colored pencil fills with zero color repetition across categories (lemon yellow, peach-orange, dusty lavender, coral pink, mint green, sky blue, red only for X marks), black fine pen for all text, generous white space, authentic handmade warmth, no messiness, no color blending between categories. The red X is clearly visible both on the weight and in the legend. A drawing someone would be proud to submit.