Happy holidays everyone. I have decided to branch out a little from writing fiction and show my fellow Steemians my drawing. I used to draw a lot, but my life went into a tailspin in 2013 when my father passed away. I stopped doing the things that made me happy and suffered physically and mentally with a garden bouquet of ailments and issues.
Two things have helped me along the way; my sweet little rescue chihuahua Chico, my constant companion, and stumbling across Steemit. Steemit has relit my creative spark, and for that I am thankful. A special shout out to @svashta for keeping me motivated to write.
In the past I have always done my drawing the traditional way; pencil and paper, but I was recently gifted with an Ipad Pro and the Apple Pencil. I have been using the app Procreate and just love it. Final result pictured above.
Original photograph taken by me.
A few hours into the drawing.
In case you are interested, Chico was the star of three of my past stories:
Lost and Alone in Las Vegas
Charlie's First Night Alone
Charlie Meets the Las Vegas Underworld
@braveheart29 xx
