Sylvia‘s Art Journey

  So long ... ... and thanks to those who really liked my posts. I have found that for a small creator like me posting my work on #Instagram is pointless. If not even the relatively few followers I have regularly see my posts, then what am I doing here? My life and my creative practice don’t depend on me sharing my work. It would be nice if some people found pleasure in looking at my modest drawings and paintings and maybe even got a bit of inspiration from them. But if not, so be it. As long as I find joy in drawing and painting, everything is fine. I am going back to what I originally created this account for, following people whose art I like. Yours, Sylvia

One of my Procreate drawings is being featured on Liz Kohler Brown‘s Instagram feed @ ipadartistsanddesigners . I had decided to post it on IG after it had got a good amount of likes in her Facebook group. The featured version got at least more likes than I have ever got on my IG feed. So I guess my work can‘t be all that uninteresting. It probably won’t bring me tons of followers, but certainly a bit of encouragement. And who knows, one or the other person may visit my feed because of it.

Social media frustrates me. It has almost since I joined any of them. On the one hand, it can be a great place to get together with like-minded people. On the other hand, it is very impersonal and you mostly drown in the masses. You put yourself out there and hope that what you have to offer meets somebody‘s interest. Often it doesn’t. And frankly, what many people post doesn‘t interest me either. I don’t expect tons of likes when I post something in a facebook group or on instagram, but getting just a few likes makes me wonder if it’s all worth it. Why bother if hardly anyone cares? And in the end, posting my drawings just to see if people like them is strange. I do what I do the best way I can. I don’t need others‘ approval. If I post something it should be of worth to someone. I‘ve been on instagram for more than a year now and found it difficult to get attention. I don’t know if people don’t like my stuff or simply don’t see it. Actually I registered to more easily follow inter...