Fortunately, there is a living, interactive reference resource here in these official forums, where any earnest learner can ask the global community: 'I seem to be stuck. And, many documents have unintended omissions. WRT the assumption that all expected scenarios will explicitly detailed: instruction frequently 'leaves elements as exercises for the student to resolve'. Over a decade's time of volunteer writing for the open software movement. Much has changed since then in Inkscape, and Mark has kept pace, keeping his tutorials evolving along with Inkscape's bourgeoning features.

Mark's first tutorial in FCM #61 was written almost exactly 10 years ago, and was pretty good for a first tutorial. I'll chime in first, as I pointed dallen8028 over here from the Beginners forum. I hope this make sense? Thank you for your understanding and kind consideration in your reply. So far it is kind of like throwing paint on a canvas. Also, I would include either instructions on how to draw an eclipse, arcs, segments or circles separately to include exact precision (as in ACAD) or a note that makes reference to these instructions later in another tutorial. By manipulating the all the editable handles I was not able to create the Crescent Moon shape you show with your Snowman. The arc and segments on the other hand are a struggle. The ease in which to draw an eclipse, change it's location, color and borders are wonderful. I understand these are written for beginners and should takes us to a more complex area later, however, I am finding some assumptions. When I go through instructions, I can only assume they are written to cover every possible scenario I might encounter. While I am very new to Inkscape, I am finding it easy yet difficult to understand and follow your instructions in the first Tutorial #61. If you are open to some 'beginner feedback' from an 8 year Navy Veteran with 30 years ACAD experience I would be happy to share my experiences going through your tutorials on the ease and difficulties I am finding. With my Navy experience with Equipment Technical Manuals (ETM) and Standing Operating Procedures (SOP) where all steps are included with no step eluded to or assumed in any given process. They are far greater detailed than those found within the Help menu and in the online manual. Thank you Xav for taking the time to produce these tutorials.

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