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If I haven’t made it clear already, I am very into art. I absolutely adore how many different forms it consists of! When most people think of art, they usually think of drawing or painting, so in this specific post I will focus on drawing, and next week on painting.

Drawing is relaxing; it calms me down when I am super stressed and eases my mind. All my life I have been a doodler- I doodled on anything and everything. If I had a pen, pencil, marker, crayon, you name it- It didn’t matter if I had paper or not, I would just draw. The world became my canvas, and I drew on whatever I had. (Although I was incredibly young, that didn’t stop my mom from getting furious when a Crayola 24 pack of crayons and I changed our nice white walls to a big, colorful rainbow wall.)

As I got older, I began to appreciate drawing more. I find the most beauty comes from the sketching and the looser drawings. The looseness of the piece gives it a carefree and simple aspect which in essence is what drawing really is.

Sometimes when people draw, they focus so much on the tiny details to the point where they get stressed out about it and give up. When you just draw for the fun of drawing, not caring about what it looks like or any specifics, it becomes incredibly therapeutic and enjoyable. I, too, got caught up in the worrying about if the line was completely straight, or if the flower was perfectly drawn; none of that truly matters-what matters is having a good time and making it your own.

When I was in high school, I drew the same flower on every single paper I had for basically my entire high school career. EVERY paper had this one flower on it. Flipping through the pages I had throughout my 4 years I realized how this same flower had evolved. Without realizing it, I was adding more contrast, shading, and gave more life to the piece. I wasn’t concerned about what it looked like, I just enjoyed drawing it.

Speaking of, this flower wasn’t the only thing I drew. I actually did a drawing a day on printer paper, which eventually resulted in me creating a coloring book! It was an incredible experience and I am currently in the process of crafting another one. It frees me from my stresses, and is one of the best therapy methods I have found to this date.

In conclusion, I highly recommend drawing if you’re bored, if you’re stressed, or anything in between. Take a look around and see what’s around you, grab a writing utensil and a paper and just go for it! It truly is a ton of fun and gives you a more creative mind!

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