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I was feeling a bit nervous and emotional, having worked hard preparing a toucan drawing for the print I was going to make during the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"766\"\u003eBy complete chance, I came across this wonderful place—Natural Cafeina. It was calm, full of plants, and to my surprise, filled with toucan decorations. It felt like a small moment of magic and couldn’t have been more perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"768\" data-end=\"1107\"\u003eI spent the whole afternoon there drawing. This was the first of two drawings I made. I wanted to capture the layered greens of the plants, the warm glow of the hanging lights, and the mix of natural and man-made textures. 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