Patience, Persistence & Practice

In his technology help classes and tutoring sessions, Tech Wizard Mike emphasizes the importance of patience, persistence and practice (aka “The 3 P’s”).

Ashmita Nandy (illustrator of the first edition of Sally Book Bunny and the Search for the Lost Key) designed and drew a character to make this key concept more engaging to kids.

Ashmita’s sketch

3P sketch

Completed illustration

patience, persistence and practice

Tanya’s revision

A few years later (thinking in terms of “branding”), Mike the Wizard asked illustrator Tanya to replace the P’s “Where’s Waldo” hat with a wizard hat.

Tanya did a great job emulating Ashmita’s style and you would never know that two different artists (one in India 🇮🇳 and the other in Ukraine 🇺🇦 ) worked on this image…

p in hat

To lose patience is to lose the battle.” —Mahatma Gandhi