Working with Mike G. and the teacher on this project made it a lot more easy to tackle. I decided to stick with the cactus theme from the first assignment of the course and created a potted cactus plant.

drawing.py

@@ -5,3 +5,54 @@
 # (Briefly describe what this program does.)
 
 from turtle import *
+
+def square(unit):
+    "Draws a square of size unit"
+    begin_fill()
+    for side in range(4):
+        forward(unit)
+        right(90)
+    end_fill()
+
+def row_of_squares(unit, quantities_and_colors):
+    "Draws a row of squares, one in each color in colors"
+    squares_traveled = 0
+    for quantity, color in quantities_and_colors:
+        fillcolor(color)
+        for each_square in range(quantity):
+            square(unit)
+            forward(unit)
+            squares_traveled = squares_traveled + 1
+    return_to_baseline(unit, squares_traveled)
+
+def return_to_baseline(unit, count):
+    right(180)
+    penup()
+    forward(unit * count)
+    left(90)
+    forward(unit)
+    left(90)
+    pendown()
+
+drawing_size = 10
+penup()
+goto(-200, 0)
+pendown()
+
+data = [
+    [[10, "white"]],
+    [[4, "white"], [2, "green"], [4, "white"]],
+    [[3, "white"], [1, "pink"], [1, "red"], [2, "green"], [3, "white"]],
+    [[1, "white"], [1, "green"], [1, "white"], [2, "red"], [2, "green"], [1, "white"], [1, "pink"], [1, "white"]],
+    [[1, "white"], [8, "green"], [1, "white"]],
+    [[3, "white"], [5, "green"], [2, "white"]],
+    [[3, "white"], [4, "green"], [3, "white"]],
+    [[2, "white"], [6, "brown"], [2, "white"]],
+    [[3, "white"], [4, "brown"], [3, "white"]],
+    [[3, "white"], [4, "brown"], [3, "white"]],
+
+
+]
+
+for row in data:
+    row_of_squares(drawing_size, row)