I have been at this long enough that I am well practiced at joinery and the structural aspects of wood working. What challenges me are the questions of design having to do with style or the aesthetics of my work.
I have good design sense and an eye for proportions. I remain challenged however when ever I wander into those parts of a piece which are not simply designed to suit function.
I think of this as the difference between competency and mastery of our craft. I am fully competent but not yet the master craftsman.
How do you all sharpen your design skills?
Deliberate study of past styles? A conscience effort to emulate others?
Just wing it like I do?