Drawing Is My Therapy

Halo. How are you?
Ever since I was little, I always like to draw because it's fun to me. Drawing always works to make me feel relaxed and forget all my problems for a while. It's like my other way to express my feelings beside blogging. Actually, drawing has helped me through difficult times to cope with my anxiety in ways I can't put into words. When I draw, I feel like I get lost in my own little world, where the only two things that exist are the subject of my drawing and me. It feels so good to let my imagination go on a piece of paper. It's a really fun way to kill time. I could spend hours just to draw one subject. I would rather choose  drawing than going out somewhere with some friends. Haha, weird? Wait, do I even have friends?

I drew these two years ago when my right hand was still fine to draw anything I liked for hours. Good times. I spent two hours to draw the Japanese girl and thirty minutes or less to draw the second one.

People often ask me if I went to a drawing school or course. The answer is no. I taught myself how to draw back when I was little. My parents were so busy working. I didn't have anybody to play with because I didn't have many friends so I always had to stay at home after school with my grandmother. So, to overcome my boredom, I started to draw.

I am not an expert at drawing, doodling by any means, but I have come a long way in my abilities. I really envy those who can draw like Leonardo, but I also think that I will never get there, lol.

I believe that everybody can draw whatever they like. Just remember, don’t ever give up easily and tell yourself that you can’t draw. If I can draw, you can do it too. Hey, I once was at that moment where my drawing teacher claimed myself as someone that has no ability or skill to draw, but that didn’t stop me. In fact, what he said to me gave me so much motivation to proof that I actually can draw! So screw him. I just kept trying and trying. I remember I started drawing by copying a cartoon character from my computer screen. Imagine that! Then my grandmother told me to try to draw it without tracing it. So you should give it a try. There are many drawing or doodling tutorials on YouTube. Look them up!

To this day, I still draw but not as often as I used to. This is my latest drawing. The day I drew this was when I started to get hand pain. I spent six or seven hours just to draw this peacock. I was so obsessed by this one. I didn't want to stop before I finished it, but the hand pain was unbearable so I had to take more than 10 breaks.

I always held the pencil way too hard. My pointing fingers can’t bend since then. So, now, whenever I draw something, I have to take at least ten minutes rest every a few minutes drawing because my pointing fingers hurts really bad.

Is there any way to prevent your hand from getting sore so you can draw for longer periods of time? What do you do when your hand gets sore? Please, let me know if there’s any. Thank you in advance.

When it’s too painful to draw, I just take a break, soak my hand in cold water and do some wrist stretching but I feel like it’s useless. I wonder if anyone out there has some other hand-treatment technique or whatever to prevent or reduce this hand pain. I’m not a professional artist… obviously. I just love to draw. Holding the pencil too tight mostly the cause of my hand pain. I put the pressure too hard on it.

I guess that’s it for today. Thank you so much for wasting your precious time reading my boring update, hehe. See you on my next post. Have a fantastic day to all of you!! ❤️