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1:55 AM, Tuesday April 7th 2020

Oh wow, those subjects must be tough. Just remember to keep a consistent schedule for your work and try not to stress about anything, don't want to wear yourself out. Also take your time when going through these lessons as you don't want to miss out on anything important and also don't think too much about the stuff that might distract you, because then your thoughts will start to distract you more. Usually what I do for the exercises is that I keep a playlist of music without lyrics in it and put most of my electronics in airplane mode and turn off all notifications so that nothing distracts me, only if theres a real emergency then i keep my notifications on. Anyways, hope you have a great day and good luck with the art journey!

6:57 AM, Tuesday April 7th 2020

I do use full screen when i look in the videos and pages but yeah that seems also something i have been trying to do... i however have some disability on remaining determined for quite long and i've lived up doing things delicately.

Yesterday i did a test of markmaking as shown in the first video in Lesson 1 (not any one of the exercises yet) which i've shared on my Sketchbook page last night.

I did most of them that afternoon but the fact i got to do more on a night time seems like a slight wrong move. Should't have grinded but it feels to be afraid... to be afraid of worrying, because despite i've tried all by moving not just the wrist (i know i will notice the arm) and having a fast stroking, perhaps am i aiming to be too precise to connect the other dot? looks like it.

Today i'm moving onwards but i'm thinking about reading back to the beginning of lesson 1. The mechanical skills seems one that really matters to me. But today i have my afternoon busy with school distancing and talking to my friend...

7:59 PM, Tuesday April 7th 2020

I'll try to check out the exercises soon, but having a disability doesn't define who you are as an artist. But don't worry too much if you have to take more breaks, because having a disability should never stop you from achieving your goals in the artistic journey that you're on. Plus you can practice whenever you want to, you don't have to be afraid of anything, i know this sounds easier said than done but try your best to not worry too much. What you can do is start taking small steps to worrying less, something that I do is to look on the positive side of things instead of focusing on the negative side, for example, if i have a deadline for something and i have only a few days to finish it, I take advantage of it and remind myself that even though it's very little time it's still better than having no time left. Also, you're not the only one that's grinded on an exercise by accident, i've done the same thing as well and felt bad about it, but I took someone's advice and moved onto the next exercise because going for perfection is just gonna hold you back from achieving your goals. Anyways, I hope you find this helpful and to have a nice day! Remember you can always ask someone for help if you're unsure of something or need some advice.

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