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Hoping you have/had a smooth delivery - I only started drawing again recently thanks to Wendy Mac’s 30 Day Challenge here on Substack but I got myself some craypas that I love. Also I was just at Shorthand yesterday (it’s in my hood) and delighted in their color coded everything. I’m hoping to draw more on my iPad if I can figure out Procreate which feels a little overwhelming still to me. Would love a tutorial!

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Great idea, Lynn! I'd love to share a tutorial for Procreate!

A lot of the tools are gesture based, which is not intuitive until you're told what to do. It's definitely a bare looking interface, but there's a lot of hidden capabilities.

I've never been to the Shorthand brick and mortar!

Is the shop super charming with all those colors? I should make a point to go someday.

Stationary stores are always so soothing to me.

It can be weirdly hard to make the time to draw, even if you enjoy it.

I'm glad to hear you've gotten back into it!

Drawing can be so enriching, but it requires slowing down a bit sometimes, which I know we're all basically trained out of as adults.

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i trust you will NEVER have to eat sand ☝️🙃😉

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thank you, I will keep holding out hope!

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but if you must...try mixing some bacon in with it!!!

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now that I'm on the other side of this (not preg) I notice how out of breath I am here, haha. Did not notice at the time.

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