Drawing & Sketching: A Former Pastime
If I had any sort of skill that could be described as a talent, it would be drawing. I’ve been doing it since I was a child, but a part of me has always doubted my abilities because of how limited I am when it comes to the activity.
As demonstrated in the featured image above, I can only draw illustrations that I can see in front of me rather than from my own imagination. I believe this is referred to as eyeballing – when you produce a copy of an existing image without tracing it. For years, I would print out my favorite images, and then draw them on another piece of paper.
I briefly revealed in my previous blog post that I don’t draw as often as I used to. In fact, I haven’t drawn much of anything since college. So why did I stop drawing?
Lack of Passion
After I completed my education by graduating college, I realized that there was no motive for me to continue drawing. I never had a passion for it. While there were times I would draw for fun, most of the time, I would draw because I had to for school assignments or because I was bored.
When I was in high school, I would frequently draw in my sketchbook during lunch period or class. Although I sat with friends, I wasn’t very sociable, so sketching gave me something to do to pass the time. Even though I didn’t have much enthusiasm for it, I did enjoy drawing characters from my favorite animated films and television series.
I continued to draw animated characters in my sketchbook when I went to college. I failed to make friends in college, so drawing kept me busy when I wasn’t working on school assignments. Instead of sketching in the cafeteria or class like I did in high school, I would typically do it in my dormitory.
After graduating college, I didn’t see any reason for me to continue drawing. I had found other leisure activities to keep me entertained, and I can honestly say that I don’t miss drawing at all. However, I do wish I had drawn some more characters when I was in high school and college. It’s possible that I will start drawing more in the future, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
About Jaire Sims
Award-Winning YA Author, Course Creator, Blogger, and Self-Publishing Consultant. At twenty-one and as a junior in college, Jaire was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Fast forward one year, Jaire proved that he had overcome all of the challenges he had faced up until this point by graduating from Monmouth College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies.
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