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9:45 PM, Wednesday September 2nd 2020

Very good improvement there with your boxes here! They are a good size and your mark making is more confident looking than before.

I read your comment about slowing down to avoid overshooting your lines. As I said before, accuracy is not your most important goal here. Hesitation serves no purpose. Mistakes happen, but a smooth, confident mark is still useful even if it's a little off. While it is important that you use the ghosting method of each mark you make while doing Drawabox one thing you can try to help with ending your marks closer to where you want them is lifting the pen off of the page rather than stopping the motion of your arm.

Keep those things in mind going forward and congrats one last time!

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6:17 AM, Thursday September 3rd 2020

I'll keep it in mind and try to lift the pen instead of stopping!

Thanks! :)

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