![]() I find that one of the biggest hurdles that people face when approaching my cross stitch pattern design course is the fear of drawing. I often wonder where this fear comes from, someone looming over our shoulder and judging our efforts when we were at school perhaps? Or just the feeling that in some fundamental way we aren’t artistic or good enough to create the things we have in our imaginations? The belief that we cannot draw can make picking up that pencil and paper feel like a overwhelming task and so can block all of that creativity that is waiting there to flow. For me, drawing is a bit like singing. A singing teacher once told me that there are very few people who truly cannot sing in tune but there are many, many people who believe they can’t and so struggle to even open their mouth and try. Drawing, like singing, is a skill that takes practice and you really can do it! The ideas of our imaginations are ours and ours alone, only we can create them so don’t let that critical voice in your mind stop you from setting those ideas free. So here are my top tips for improving your drawing skills and bringing those patterns of your imagination to life!
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