Artistry gone wrong

It was about 8pm when Katie was finishing up work on her college project. The entire thing involved thousands of pieces of shredded paper and glue. While it hadn't come to her yet, she knew she wanted to create an art piece that felt like it was coming out of the canvas, so why not make exactly that?

She was the only one left in the art room, everyone else had plans. But on this Friday night, Katie was hitting her stride.

The shortstacked artist popped both of the buttons of her overalls, the denim straps springing off her shoulders and letting them relax. She hadn't even got paint on any of her clothes yet, she just liked to wear them.

The last trace of her paintbrush left a sheen on the canvas, the entire thing was a reflective surface of glue. Now all she had to do was put the first layer of paper mache on.

As she stepped back, her back heel caught a stray palette and the paint sprang up onto her legs. In surprise, Katie moved away and lost her balance. She fell back and hit her canvas with a splat!

She quickly noticed that she hadn't fallen and felt her overalls and her shirt, as well as her bare arms, were stuck fast to the canvas.

"Shit!" She cursed, if it were anywhere else she could have gotten up, but no! she just had to drill it to the wall, she knew that her first draft would be her best effort. Damn it!

Her arms were stuck beside her, her legs were trying to find their balance amid the chaos. She had no idea what to do next.