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When you first start out, overwhelm from deciding what to draw and creating a drawing is common. For beginners, the trick is learning to disengage what we think we see and learning to trust what our eye actually sees. This week we are covering some beginner’s exercises that help with bypassing our thinking and building trust in our eyes. This will help us begin trusting ourselves to draw and building life skills like mindfulness and hand eye coordination.