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The Grind & Bind Art Alchemist's Guild
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I'm really bad at drawing and music. I'd love to improve both, but with drawing I haven't put in any time and music I'm too self conscious to practice in our living situation.
That's tough. You couldn't just practice with a phone app (with both) and headphones?
Phone screens are really awful for drawing for me. I could use notebooks! I have no real excuse there. With music I want to play instruments again but where I live has lots of roomies and thin walls. I most want to pick up the saxophone again and there actually exist electronic saxophones where you can hook up earbuds but they're so incredibly far out of my price range!
That sucks. I can relate, I had to sell my electric drum kit for rent during covid. My melodica helped get me through it.
And yeah, sketchbook it up. No one can judge what you don't show them. Alternatively - I go to a free, super positive sketch club once a week to motivate me to draw more.
Check out auction sites for one of those electronic woodwinds. People buy them, never use them, then dump them for cheap. You can probably find one that's nearly brand new, maybe even with the box, for a fraction of the original cost.
Thank you so much for the suggestion! At risk of sounding naive, what kinds of sites do you think would be best for me to visit?