It’s hard to see progress in your day-to-day life, but after enough years go by, a timeline emerges. Self-taught post-40 via Youtube and many trials and errors, some help from Sarah Kaiser at Studio 215 and lots of drawing practice.
Below are a selection from the past five and something years, These first two in orange are the earliest vs. the latest in this series. Hard to believe the same person did those.
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/side-by-side.jpg)
The first 30-day painting challenge I did was in January 2014. I did a bit more in February but not much for the rest of the year.
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2014-1.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2014-2.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2014-3.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2014-4.jpg)
I could not find much for 2015-2017. I was practicing art but mainly with ink and pencils.
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2016-2.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2016-1-1.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2017-1.jpg)
In 2018 and 2019 I painted every day in January along with some of the internet, and then with sporadic practice the rest of those years.
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018-1-Jan.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018-2-Jan.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018-5-March.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018-4-April-1.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018-6-May.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018-6-December.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019-Jan-2.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019-Febr.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019-September.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019-Sept-2.jpg)
In 2020, January went up in a puff of smoke but I did paint every day in February and I have finally been finishing paintings, which I did not manage to do much before.
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-1-Feb.jpg)
![](https://www.theslumberingherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-2-Mar.jpg)
Looking forward to another five and something years of progress, particularly since it’s become *slightly less difficult to get to practicing once a little progress is made.
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