Never too late to learn something new!Me + zenart = how all that started :)

Hello, Steemitans!

Today I want to tell you a story. About, how adult girl Olga 31 year old (me ;) ) started drawing "kids" paintings :)

When I was a kid I watched my older sister, and envied her. She always was very good at drawing. And I think that in our family, only she has the talent of the artist. I convinced myself that. So I haven't even started to learn how to draw. But, from time to time, if I was on the phone and just forget about everything, I started unconsciously to draw the sun, flowers, hearts, ... :)

Many years have passed. It was summer of 2016. I was already 31 years old. Then there was a difficult period. A stressful job, that didn't really make me happy, difficulties in relationships, difficulties in self-determination. There was a lot that I wanted to change in my life, and realized that I really want. Then I again went to various online trainings on psychology and personal growth. Then I got a lot of ideas, thoughts, and realizations. About what I like, about how I want to live, what kind of girl I want to be, what will make me happy,...

In those trainings often was talk about setting goals. First you realize your dreams, then set goals and small steps toward them. And (this is mandatory!) come up with a reward. Took a step, reached the interim goal and reward yourself to celebrate on the success and joy of achievement :)!

(You may be thinking now: "what the...? How all of this is related to the drawing lessons?" It is related :) Everything will be clear next ;) )

So. After completing psychological trainings in the summer of 2016, I decided to quit my job and go to work as a freelancer. It was a serious and a long-awaited decision! I also had to come up with a reward, to feel better this new stage in my life.

That summer (in 2016) I created my page in Instagram.

I frequently met photos published in Instagram (of drawings in the style of "zenart"). It was an interesting black-and-white abstract drawings. And I more and more was wanted to learn how to draw in this style! I was thinking also that the abstract drawings are harder to mess up; it's not a portrait ;). So when I decided to quit my job in the summer of 2016, I also decided to celebrate this and to pay for the online course on drawing, in "zenart" style!

Here then began the adventure, the journey into the world of meditative abstract drawings ;)!

So ,step by step, I started to how learn to draw. As a child :)! Circles, stripes, swirls... Flowers, "mushrooms", leaves...Clouds, feathers, mandalas... It was an incredible feeling! Study designs were SO simple that it was impossible to spoil them :)!! Therefore, the result of training was seen immediately; from the very first times get a little drawings!

This training lasted for a month. But even when I finished this training course, I did not stop to draw and to learn new patterns. Because these online lessons have given me the most important thing! I realized that no longer afraid to learning something new! In my head broke the stereotype then. I was not thinking anymore that learning something new can only child ;) Just need to open our minds to new knowledge, to new experience. And it is important to find a good training system and not to be afraid to start from the beginning with the simplest steps. It's like first learn letters, then words, then sentences. And only after we can learn how to write poetry ;)

Even more! I realized that I can't and won't care about who and what think about my drawings! Yes, I want to learn, I want to be able to paint beautifully. But! Anyway, I paint for myself, for fun. And that’s why I can draw as I want :P , what I want ,all that comes to my mind!

Today I just want to share with you my simple "childish" drawings. And I wish you to always have an open mind to learning new things! Will be like children, do not be afraid, be curious, do what makes you happy!

Thank you for your attention :)!