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9:51 AM, Monday October 3rd 2022

Thanks very much. I found the critique exceptionally helpful. I thought I'd do much worse actually, so I am quite relieved, but also glad to have my attention drawn to the stuff I could have done better. I'll try and focus on that stuff with some warmups, e.g. going around elipses twice, marking the points for diagonals and middles on the planes exercise, and everything else you've mentioned. Thanks again for taking the time to help somebody like me get better.

1:38 PM, Monday October 3rd 2022

No problem. This is a community, and if we don't help one another, then none of us will be able to get anywhere far.

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