After a decade as an entrepreneur, I started transitioning into a full-time illustrator, people often ask how it’s done, I was 37 when I started transitioning. ‘For the record’ is a series of posts where I reflect on the past 36 months of this journey, even as I continue to take steps forward.
I found this on instagram. It was dated 26 January 2019. I drew the black lines over these watercolor blotches that was printed in Lorna Scoobie’s book ‘365 days of drawing’.
The caption read Day 16. So I must have started working on this book on the 10th of January.
The book acted as training wheels, or more accurately a crutch, to help me limp back into drawing. I was coming out of some grueling years working at a startup co-founder.
This was the door I walked into tentatively, shyly. Maybe you never forget how to ride a bike, but it took awhile for it to become joyful again.
It was just a little less painful than NOT making art. And at that time, it was enough.
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Start a drawing habit.
Start as small as you need to.
If you don’t know where to start, start with this book.
The keyword is habit. If you fall of and you realize, simple pick up where you left off, and keep going.