Learning Counts as a Smallish Adventure

Today’s smallish adventure: teaching my hands a brand-new style—and ending up with a tiny character I’m honestly proud of.

Cute orange ornament character with big eyes, pink cheeks, and yellow stars, floating on a soft bokeh sparkle background.

I’m learning how to draw cute little characters in Procreate. I’ve wanted learn this program for a few years. I was gifted (early) an Apple Pencil for Christmas (thanks, mom!) and the first thing I did was download Procreate and hunt for tutorials to learn how to use this incredibly powerful program!

Hand holding an Apple Pencil over an iPad in Procreate, drawing a cute ornament character on a sparkly bokeh background.

Today I followed a tutorial and made this little ornament character, and something about it just made me happy. The stars, the blush cheeks, the soft glowy background. It’s small, but it felt like a real win!

iPad on a wooden table showing a cute ornament character illustration in Procreate, with an Apple Pencil resting nearby.

I’m trying to build a habit of learning in small pieces. It’s not about getting good fast. It’s about showing up, staying curious, and making progress, no matter how tiny.

Tutorial credit: I followed this YouTube tutorial. Here it is if you want to try it too: [link]

Have you tried anything new? I’d love to hear about it! Let me know what it is, and how it’s going in the comment section! Let’s cheer each other on!