I've had my LA for about 4 mos. and I do alot of stippling. I use stencils when doing feathers. My freehanding looks good on my practice pieces but when doing it on a real top, I guess my nerves gets the best of me because my spacing is off. So I'll stick with the stencils. I haven't tried pantos or groovy board yet. But I'm going to give it a shot on my next practice piece. I have the Baptist fan groovy board and some free pantos.