Getting Back Into Procreate with Imagine I Were a Farmer

 For someone who loves drawing as much as I do, I have a very strange habit.

I stop.

Not permanently. Not intentionally. I just… put Procreate down one day and somehow don’t pick it up again for months.

Life has a way of doing that. Work, children, school runs, washing that multiplies overnight, and the general chaos of family life quietly fill the space where creativity used to sit. The iPad stays on the shelf, the Apple Pencil rolls somewhere under a cushion, and drawing becomes one of those things I say I will get back to “soon”.

And then one random day something happens.

I open Procreate again.

Usually it starts small. Just a quick sketch. A little experiment with colour. Nothing serious. But within minutes I remember exactly why I love it so much. The quiet focus. The way a blank canvas slowly turns into something real. The slightly magical feeling of creating a character who didn’t exist an hour ago.

That is exactly where I am right now.

After another accidental break from drawing, I have found my way back to Procreate and I am currently working on illustrations for Imagine I Were a Farmer, written by Charlotte Barrow.

And honestly, it feels really good to be drawing again.

Children’s illustrations are one of my favourite things to work on. There is something lovely about creating scenes that feel playful, colourful and full of imagination. With this book I get to draw tractors, crops, fields, and all the little details that bring a farm to life for young readers.

I always forget how quickly the ideas start flowing once I begin again. One sketch leads to another. A character gains an expression. A background turns into a full scene.

It is a reminder that creativity does not disappear just because you step away from it for a while. Sometimes it is simply waiting for you to come back.

So if you are someone who also puts creative hobbies down for months at a time, consider this your reminder.

You can always start again.

All it takes is opening the app, picking up the pencil, and drawing the first line.