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6:39 AM, Sunday December 20th 2020

heyo! welcome to drawabox dude!

I'd totally recommend warming up your arms first by doing some stretches so that you can feel more relaxed and comfortable before you start, then you should totally find your comfort zone when drawing by practicing various angles in different positions and see which one is best for you. Then you should practice making strokes at a good pace, not too fast but not too slow. as you dont want to wobble. Feel free to watch scyllastew, (probably spelled it wrong), and see how you can apply her techniques to your own.

Also, dont worry about overshooting your mark, it's totally ok dude. Just remember to pace yourself, warm up and stretch beforee starting and you'll totally do good dude. Hope you find this helpful and have a nice day dude!

12:09 PM, Sunday December 27th 2020

Same to you, doodlesofdishonour!

So when talking about stretches, what kind fo you recommend?

5:26 AM, Monday December 28th 2020

I totally recommend like basic stretches like stretching your arms across your chest, stretching your wrist by having the palm face up and gently pulling down by the fingers to get the wrist, lower arm and fingers warmed up, and sometimes a shoulder stretch as well cuz drawing from the shoulder can leave you sore sometimes. hope this helps, and feel free to look up any arm stretches that could totally help out dude!

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