It’s taken awhile for me to get my motivation back with creating self initiated pieces. Pregnancy I was so tired, as a new mum I was so tired and now well whilst I’m not exactly getting a perfect night sleep I do have more energy for doing some drawing typically in the evening or during a nap (on the few days when I’m not doing my design job during nap time).
Sometimes if the mood strikes I do illustrations on my iPad which I have to say if pushed for time can be really beneficial because I think it’s that bit quicker in terms of the drawing – not having to build up layers of pencil and perhaps I don’t do detail so much and there also isn’t the need to scan and edit on the computer it’s ready to export.
I’ve been really enjoying doing some portraits in oil paint recently but that can be really tricky as I do prefer to do in the daylight! Drawing with pencil works quite well in the evening as I don’t need to get the colours right! Or back to the iPad as I can have the screen brightness high.
I do sometimes have to go with the ebbs and flows especially whilst my little boy is still so young and doesn’t play happily by himself much yet.
