New Project

As soon as I complete a project, I like to try and start a new one straight away, and by being able to draw in the evenings, it helps me to wind down and relax before I go to bed. At the moment, I’m working from home due to the coronavirus, so I’m in my office at home in front of a couple of laptops and I’m not getting a lot of fresh air. Once I finish my day job, at 6pm, I’m either researching for my genealogy business, which I enjoy doing, or I am studying for my undergraduate degree for Information and Library studies. I love my day job, my genealogy business and studying for my degree equally, but it involves a lot of computer work. It can be quite exhausting as I have dyslexia and the coping strategies that I have in place to help me can be quite tiring so I need an outlet to unwind and help me to relax.

Drawing helps me stay away from my smartphone and tablet and I can relax and focus on something totally different. I’m so glad I found drawing again, and it’s something I wish I had done earlier. I can’t imagine not doing it now, and I’ve only been doing it for a month. Whilst there is a lot of room for improvement in my drawing, I think I am progressing well after nearly thirty years away from regular drawing. I think drawing comes naturally to me due to having dyslexia; I call it my neuro diverse superpower.

I’ve been sharing my recent creations on Facebook and Twitter as I’m really proud of what I have achieved in such a short time. I have had a lot of compliments from people on my drawings for which I really appreciate. Three people, in particular, in the past week have said that I should train to be a tattoo artist. As much as I would love to do that, unfortunately, it is something that I am unable to pursue as I have epilepsy which is not controlled by medication, so it would be unsafe for me to do this. With those comments in mind, I thought I would have a go at designing a tattoo. I already have four and will definitely get another, but still not sure what to have at the moment. The following image is a rough sketch of my design:

I chose this design as I love roses and I like the old style fob watches. I searched for a picture of a fob watch and also for rose heads. I printed out the pictures of the roses and then cut them out and arranged them around the watch. The sketch is looking quite basic at the moment, but I will start to shade the drawing to finish it off to make it more effective. Hopefully once my drawings improve, I can start designing tattoos for people.