When drawing something simple like a stark still-life, composition – that is, the placement of the object in the frame – becomes very important. For example, when drawing an iris, it would be wise not to create something that looks more like a wilted cabbage in the process of fainting.
Just sayin’.
I have to say, your descriptions of your drawing are never anything I would have every thought of but are always really amusing. A wilted cabbage in the process of fainting? Beethoven as a gangster? Nice.