As a native English speaker, I've actually only heard 'a bad workman blames his ...

		thebytefairy 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks... As a native English speaker, I've actually only heard 'a bad workman blames his tools', not the artist form. Now that I google it, did you mean craftsman? I don't see any references to artist.