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2:59 PM, Saturday April 8th 2023

Hello,

This is an interesting question, as I was thinking lately to use more my non dominant hand. I often have tendinitis at my right wrist (more due to a lot of writing than drawing), and wondered if I could improve using my other hand, at least to spread the load on both hands).

First tries for writing left handed were not very good, but didn't try for drawing. I would be curious about how it's going if you do so, and how you find the results compared to your dominant hand.

4:03 PM, Sunday April 9th 2023

After drawing with my left (non-dominant) hand for a week, I've noticed that the mark making direction is more important when using my left hand. When I use my right hand, I can draw fairly smooth lines in most directions, but for my left hand, I seem to only consistently get smooth lines if I make the mark from right to left. I suppose this makes sense given that most people find that there's one direction that feels "more natural" when making marks. Anyway, it means I have to rotate the paper a lot more when drawing with my left hand.

1:22 PM, Thursday April 13th 2023

Thank you for the feedback.

It seems encouraging. Do you think you will go on training your non-dominant hand?

I still need to rotate paper even with my dominant hand, so I'm sticking to it and try to balance workload to let it rest.

1:48 PM, Saturday April 15th 2023

I think I will (in addition to my dominant hand once it's fully healed). I know it'll take time, but I'm in no rush.

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