Try to compare the quality of work in the one I showed with the others.

The body is nicely and correctly shaped, the colours under the bird are slightly fuzzy, to represent the downiness of feathers. The colours on the body are worked nicely, not just plonked.
You learn as you go along, and you need to be able to handle as much as possible, to learn about the feel and quality.
We all have our own mistakes and disasters. But if a piece of glass is a nice piece of glass, it doesn't matter where it comes from, it's still an original and a lovely bit of glass. And some contemporary Chinese can be stunningly lovely.
