The question, if this hourglass trick would work, was worth all the great and powerful shoveling in the Ponyville school sandbox.  
The answer, though, was no.
 
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For Equestria Dailys Newbie Artist Training Grounds X, Day 1: “Draw a pony standing / Draw a pony stuck in time”
 
Here we go again! Another Newbie Artist Training Ground, another month of sleep deprivation. I don’t think I can draw every day, but hey, I didn’t think that the first time too. So let’s just see what happens.
 
This drawing was made with the Faber Castell PITT artist pen an my regular paper and tinted a bit on the PC.