A Month of Drawing

I surprised myself a few times this past month, a cluster of lovely surprises hidden within a series of stumbling through penciling in my textbook. But as I let go of my expectations and standards, those rough edges are smoothing, and slowly revealing through this process of refining an art style.

Thirty-ish days since we began this whole learning something new and declaring courage in sharing (publicly) all the hiccups, gasps, and shaky hesitations. A month--hey, I’m pretty excited about that.

I spent last month exploring just a few of the simple foundations to build decent learning habits:

• Naming fears
• Asking questions
• Try new methods
• Beware of time optimism
• Creating vulnerable friendly spaces

I’ll keep refining and exploring those listed above but also look at a few more this next month:

• Focus
• Mentorship
• Next Steps
• Creative Process and Routine

Below is a small gallery of what my month looked like in art:

Thank you for your encouragement and added courage this first month in learning something new. I really am so grateful for you.

Beginnings are my favorite. The potential for good surprises is pretty much endless. In the following weeks, as we creep into the process of maintaining our momentum and excitement, I look forward to seeing what more we'll learn about in the art of stories, the creative process, and ourselves and eachother.

If you're new here, this is the sixth post in the Learning in Public series, in which I take you along as I learn to draw and storytell. Here is the first of many.

P.s. Autumn is not capitalized.