About two weeks ago, I took the plunge and signed up for an online illustration course. Learning illustration has been a dream of mine for a long time. That is because I find myself stuck and not able to execute the images I have in my head.
I envied people who study illustration in school. After all, when you study illustration in school you have a well-tested learning path ahead of you. You know what you need to work on and have the support of your teachers and your peers. I, being a self-thought artist, don’t even know what I need to work on. I searched for art school curriculums and tried to find online illustration degrees that were accessible and affordable for me. But I didn’t find much more than Skillshare courses and similar platforms.
At the same time, the pressure of nursing school was immense. I barely had time to cook or clean, let alone think about illustration or art education. Heck, I barely had time to sketch doodles in the corner of my notebooks.
But, nursing school is finally over and I have a short period of break before starting my nursing job. so I thought to myself, “It’s now or never”.
I signed up for an online course created by a children’s book illustrator. I started with the foundations course, where you learn things like shapes and lines. I didn’t expect to struggle with the basics! But who knows, maybe the hundreds of squares and cubes I’ve drawn in these past two weeks will actually impact my art. You can be the judge!
If I have enough time, I hope to share posts about how it’s going and how I feel about it. I feel like it might help me not lose sight and stay on track! It might also serve as a reflection on learning, which I hear is important.
So here is what I did today!