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Feasts

Story characters need to do many things that we need to do, including eating.  And big

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How to make something look olde

Sometimes finding something old in a story feels more exciting than finding something new.  But how

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The colors of snow

In a meeting, big and small elves sat debating what sort of storytelling tip we might

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Falling off a unicorn 100 times and still smiling

Can you imagine smiling at every stage of your practice when you draw something new? This

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How to solve the puzzle of a new mythical creature

The workshop secretary, Dorothea, recently brought us a letter from a storyteller named April.  April needed

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Painting characters in water

This tip is not about painting under water.  That might be difficult without the help of

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How to draw small hands

Sarah from Northport sent a question to the elves:  how do you draw hands on a

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It doesn’t look like I imagined

I see something beautiful in my head, something so perfect, and yet what I actually draw

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Leave the eraser behind

Erasers are a tool that more experienced illustrator elves use.  The elf elders encourage younger elves

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The pencil is a mighty tool!

Pencils are perhaps the most important drawing tool because of their versatility.  If pencils aren’t already,

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