Jenne Thakurwani

I know this question is a couple weeks old but I wanted to tell you what I use for my pastel pencils to prevent breakage. ‘Mobius + Ruppert (M+R) Brass Artists Pencil Sharpener’. This brand offers a few kinds, and what I like is that you can buy replacement blade packs vs buying a whole new sharpener. Super sharp yet gentle.

Jenne Thakurwani

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@Gina DeMarco yes, they have sharpeners that have multiple holes, and depending which you choose, depends on the point you create.

Sheeba Dhillon

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A brief intro about me

Hello all!!! My name is Sheeba Dhillon and I am from India. I just recently started creating art after trying out art therapy on my therapist's suggestion and I have been making art since then. I mostly work with mixed media like charcoal, colored pencils and brush pens or markers. Just recently started trying soft pastels for the first time. I would really love to learn from you all and keep supporting one another too. Thank you and have a good day 😊🙏🏻

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Jenne Thakurwani

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@Sheeba Dhillon If you want to utilize your watercolor paper for soft pastels, you can do a couple light coats of *clear* gesso. The clear gesso is nice in that it adds tooth and creates an almost sorta sanded type paper texture that can hold a few layers of the pastels. I love pastels!

Melissa Kagie

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Post your Art

Practicing practicing practicing

I am an animal lover and have been inspired by quirky cats. I have a few pictures here. What do you think?

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Jenne Thakurwani

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I love your little quirky cats! Such cute faces, and I love that their noses remind me of hearts. I adore your one of the squares with the cats squished in. That would make a great t-shirt for cat lovers ☺️

Odet King

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So good!

It is refreshing to see that artists love to create together… in community. New here, but loving it all already! I’m not an artist but love to paint and be creative.

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Jenne Thakurwani

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I saw this and I wanted to say something, which I hope isn’t unwelcome. You said you love to paint. Yet you also said you’re not an artist. I get that conventionally folks identify ‘artist’ as those with high skill level or perhaps those who choose it as a profession. But if you create art, you are an artist. I ended up asking both Grok and ChatGPT their thoughts about your comments. ChatGPT actually had interesting insight: A question I sometimes ask is: If someone plays piano every week, studies music, performs occasionally, and loves it, would we say they’re not a musician? Most people would say they’re a musician. Art is often the only field where people feel they have to earn the title through some invisible test. ———- Grok had this to say: If someone loves to paint, they are an artist. They might be a hobby artist, a Sunday artist, a passionate amateur artist, or an aspiring professional artist— but still an artist. The act of creation is what matters. The rest (recognition, income, mastery) is optional and variable. ————- Don’t sell yourself short, if you love to paint, you’re an artist! 💕

Valérie Van Kraaij

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I Need Your Honest Feedback on This Free Instagram Growth Course

A few months ago, I started taking Instagram seriously. Not in a: “become an influencer” kind of way. More in a: “I want my work to actually reach people” kind of way. Because I kept seeing incredibly talented people staying invisible online. Amazing artists. Smart business owners. Creative people with real taste. But nobody was seeing their work. And meanwhile… mediocre content was exploding everywhere. That made me obsessed with understanding: - attention, - storytelling, - positioning, - emotion, - and why some posts spread while others completely die. So I tested things. A LOT. Hooks. Captions. Reels. Narratives. Psychology. Shareability. What makes people stop scrolling. What makes people feel something. And somehow… things started growing very fast. I went from 0 to 20K followers in a few months. Not because I’m special. Mostly because I became extremely analytical about content. I started seeing patterns most people miss. So eventually I turned everything I learned into a free mini course/PDF for this community. And now I’d genuinely love feedback on it. Not fake praise. Not “looks great.” Real feedback. Because I’m considering making something much deeper eventually: - maybe workshops, - breakdowns, - content systems, - live audits, - or a bigger course. But before I build anything else, I want to know: Did this actually help people? So if you downloaded the free course already, I’d love to hear: - What part helped the most? - Did anything “click” for you? - Did your content improve? - Did your views/followers grow? - What still feels confusing? - What do you wish was included? - Where are you currently stuck with Instagram? One thing I’ve realized: Most creators do NOT have a content problem. They have: - a clarity problem, - a positioning problem, - or a fear problem. They explain themselves too safely. They water down their perspective. Or they post what they made… instead of why people should care. That tiny shift changes everything.

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Jenne Thakurwani

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I read through your guide. You have good information within. I want to mention a year or so ago I purchased a course on how to create reels and build a following. Many of these points were within their course, though theirs was more fleshed out, with videos and in depth how-to instruction. (Like good lighting, audio, video set-up, example hooks, example reels, etc) I think where you have the opportunity to take yours and set yourself apart from the other similar guides on reels/social media followers is to fully cater it to artists/creatives with very detailed specific advice. That’s where I found the course I did previously lacking. Include images and videos showing specific examples just for artists. I’ll admit some of your instructions, I wasn’t very sure what you meant, as I never went through actually trying to create reels from my last course - like when you said to add them to your grid. Assume people are technological ‘babies’, because many only use technology for what they need and don’t bother with learning anything else. You do offer great info/insights, particularly if someone has never thought to look into what is involved in trying to build a following on social media. If you hope to monetize it, I think you can with a bit of fine tuning and more details/specific examples. Images. Videos. I do hope you find my feedback helpful. I could tell you put much work into it, and I wanted to put plenty of effort into my response.

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Jenne Thakurwani

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Christian mixed media artist, wife, mom & volunteer. I am passionate about helping others find joy and healing through their creativity. 💕

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Joined May 17, 2026

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Corning, NY