Weekly Drawing Contest || Week-03 || Draw A Papaya.

Hi guys today I will be taking part in an amazing contest organized by @enamul17 in the steem for Pakistan community, and I will like to say a very big thank you to @enamul17 for all his contributions to this amazing community.

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So my entry today I will be sharing with you guys the step by step way of drawing a papaya fruit hope you all will like it.

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•STEP 1•

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The plain sheet of paper and a pen that I will be using to make a drawing of a papaya fruit

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•STEP 2•

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In this step you start by making a quick sketch that will show the shape of the fruit and one thing is that it doesn't have to be perfect.

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•STEP 3•

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And another step is that once you have finished sketching the shape you make it stand out so as to be able to correct some mistakes if any.

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•STEP 4•

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In this step which is the last step you apply a technique called shading in other to make it round and solid showing the light 🕯️ tone and the dark 🕶️ tone.

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•DISCRIBE THE FRUIT•

A papaya is known to have a very red flesh inside it's oval shape body which is a little bit smaller than a pawpaw fruit.

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•HAVE YOU EATEN THIS FRUIT BEFORE? WHEN IS THE RIGHTS TIME TO EAT THIS FRUIT THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR OUR HEALTH?•

"Yes I have eaten papaya fruit before and it was very delicious also the right time to eat this fruit is according to research papaya is mostly preferable to be eaten at night because it acts as laxative and cleans the colon and also helps correct constipation but even though generally fruit should be avoided within 4-5 hours after meal*.

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•DO YOU BUY THIS FRUIT FROM THE MARKET OR HAVE YOUR OWN FRUIT TREES? HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH IN YOUR AREA?•

Each time I want to eat this papaya fruit I always buy it from the market in our local community and it's not all that expensive which is about 300 naira.

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•WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF EATING THIS FRUIT?•

Some of the health benefits of eating papaya fruit is that since it contains a high level of antioxidants vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E. And having a diet that contains a high level of antioxidants helps reduce the risk of heart deceases which prevent the oxidation of cholesterol which we all know that when cholesterol oxidizes it's creat a blockage that leads to heart deceases

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And another benefits of eating papaya fruit is that when it is been eaten in an empty stomach it's known to clear the digestive tract of toxins and also smoothens the movement of bowels due to the presence of digestive enzymes.

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•WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF EATING THIS FRUIT, IF ANY?•

Anything that has an advantages always have a disadvantages so the disadvantages of eating papaya fruit are.

•It causes nausea and vomiting 🤮
•And the eating of unripe papaya damages the esophagus due to the presence of papaya latex called papain.

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I would like to invite some of my friends @usagigallardo15 @dhiraj37 @shilaakter786 @sene1982 @edidiongeffiong

Written by
@radleking