I have no idea, why it is so hard to accept the status of Artist. Drawing was my hobby since I can remember. When I was kid, I remember joining in a drawing class which was only for 2-3 days but it was an eye opener. After that, life happened. Studies, Job …. made it impossible to draw anything.
Professionally, I am a software engineer. But currently I am not working. After marriage and no job, I started to draw again. At first, it was one drawing per day but later it changed to 1 – 2 drawing per day, depending on the speed and size of the work. Now a days, it is again impossible to draw even 1 drawing after having a kid. But I still try to complete a small work in 2 or at the most in 3 days.
After lots of encouragement from friends and family members, I thought of opening shops to sell my art online. It has been a good decision to do so, because it drives me to work everyday. But I still can’t say that I am an artist. I don’t know why… maybe because
- I fear what my relatives might think of me or my art (as professionally I am a software engineer)
- Being a self-taught artist is not good enough
- Nobody would understand or like my work
What do you think? Is my fear reasonable or pointless?
