I often fear placing my pencil (or pen or brush) on the blank page. I am building a portfolio for an art and design college and it worries me because I can't seem to make anything. the ideas and the ability to draw is there but the fear to make it just won't go. can you please give me some advice to overcome the fear of blank papers? Thanks.

I still have the same fear almost every time I start anything new. Sometimes you just have to start...