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Game-Changing Penmanship Tools

Game-Changing Penmanship Tools
Four Tools That Will Instantly Improve Your Penmanship Practice

How to Self-Critique without Hurting Your Own Feelings

How to Self-Critique without Hurting Your Own Feelings
Techniques and an example of effective self-critique, comparing Charlie Bowater's original illustration "The Old Astronomer" to my study of her work, done in oil.

On Being (Mis)Understood

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Too often, we work for the voice in our heads that hates us.

Are You Afraid of the Art?

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Writing in the dark and other strategies for silencing your inner critic during practice.

"Art Shame" and Learning to Learn

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My life as a creator began on the day I realized that I wasn't bad at art, but bad at learning.