Even if a drawing is not especially sophisticated it can be really good at capturing a lot of things happening at the same time, and often more so than a photo achieves. In this example the four characters all express different feelings even 'though it is quite a primitive style of art.
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Working from right to left the girl who has just left the office clutching her throbbing bottom is red faced and tearful and has no thoughts for anything or anyone else but her own current misery. The headmaster is stern and unmoved and keen to get on with things and deal with the other miscreants so he can get back to more important tasks. The girl being summoned into the office for her paddling is trying to look defiant but you can also see the fear in her eyes and the positioning of her feet gives away her real trepidation at what she's about to get. The remaining girl on the left of the image is not coping at all well - even though it's not yet her turn to be paddled she knows it's coming and is clearly distraught - perhaps she's never been here before but she's just heard the heavy pops as the first girl got a sizzling six swats and she's terrified by the knowledge that, inexorably, her turn will come, and she knows from common gossip that a paddling from the headmaster is an extremely painful experience.
