How I started Drawing

All my drawings are posted here. 

I started to draw only recently (2023). I started with library books and then moved on to Artist Network series called Drawing Together.   The teacher is  Scott Maier who has a great book out called See Think Draw.     

Husband and I went on a date in 2022 May and I decided to try painting watercolour leaves. It was so fun that I bought a starter painting kit and tried to follow a watercolourist on youtube call Oliver Pyle. 

I followed one of his videos but I couldn’t do more of it. It was very hard.

I practiced this piece a few times and couldn’t get it right.

During a work team bonding, I suggested a painting session. I don’t think everyone thought well of it at first but at the end of the session, everyone said it was surprisingly fun and relaxing. 

I then decided it was necessary for me to learn drawing skills. I went to Overjoyed, got myself a few Koh-I-Noor woodless graphite pencils and a drawing paper.

I tried but failed to draw at home – I kept interrupting myself to do household chores. Instead on Sundays, I (try to) confine myself to the libraries near me. I started out with about 2 hours and now, I am doing 3 hours regularly, once hitting 4 hours.  

I am trying to influence my friends to join me in those art sessions. This is a work in progress at the moment.  Ha!

Younger, I had dreams of being a novelist but writing stopped being fun. I kept wanting my writing to be right on the first time. This is impossible. Plus, my inner critic kept saying whatever I had written was really bad. Drawing is way more fun mainly because I never wanted to be an artist. I have no plans to sell art or be well known for art. It is a new playground for me to explore. To have a selfish fun.