Look at it in a mirror. Half close your eyes and look at it. Half close your eyes and work on it. Make your big mistakes in little ways that don't count. Discover potential line-ups, rhythms, activations.
Clarity grows with transformation.
The artist is a sort of impassioned proofreader, blue pencilling the bad spelling of God. Veteran and professional artists often report that preliminary sketching can undermine the desire to do the larger work. It's safe to say for those who feel this, the sketch is sometimes done quite well in the head. Most artists will also admit that it was not always this way. The following are selected responses to this letter.