Sunday is my best time to rest, to roam around the city, to do anything I want to, and that includes my hobbies. My Sunday routines are usually sleeping for long hours, eating, watching movies, roaming around the city and doing my hobbies.
Everytime I'm lazy to walk around, I just stayed at the park near home. I usually lay down a mat where I can sit down and do my hobbies, or even take a nap.
Aside from photography, another hobby of mine is drawing. When I was still in primary, I liked making sketches and copying pretty images from my books. I'm not actually good at it, but I love art. I didn't pursue this hobby when I reached secondary as well as when I was in college. Just doing art homework, but didn't mind pursuing it.
After college, I had time to draw again. During my boredom moments, and nothing to watch on the television, I took out my notebook and pencil then start sketching anything that popped on my mind. The very hard part in sketching a person is making the face, I really need more practice on that part as well as in shading.
They said that, the technique of having a good sketch it through shading. Shading is a technique that allows for depth and character to be added to an illustration. It shows the levels of darkness in drawing by placing darker shades to show shadows and less dense shades to highlight lighter areas.
I admire the sketches of @Imdadul.hoque @Hanzell @Athai @Sajib @Israat and the paintings of @ZiraZir and @Aella. Their artworks motivates me to pursue my art skills. Someday I will be good in art like them. 😊
I think I got this ability from my father, he is good in drawing especially in making a house plan, he's the one who design our house. I guess he can be a good architect or engineer if he will only pursue that course, but too old to study again. 😅
Another hobby of mine during Sunday is cross-stitching. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. I started doing this hobby of stitching here in Hong Kong.
I was influenced by some filipinos here who are doing stitching at the park as well. At first it was hard, I need to count the threads on a piece of evenweave fabric in each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size and appearance.
I chose The Last Supper because I want to frame and display this on our wall at the dining area at home. I started making this last year, but not done yet until now. 😅 I hope I can finish this before my contract ends next year. 😂
Do you know that there are benefits of having a hobby?
According to reseach:
1. Hobbies encourage taking a break. Hobbies offer an opportunity to take a break—but a break with a purpose. You are doing something while still having fun. Hobbies are great ways to take a break from your busy life while still having a sense of purpose.
2. Hobbies promote eustress. Eustress is that positive kind of stress, the kind that makes you feel excited about what you're doing and about life. When you're doing something you love—something you don't have to do for any other reason other than the fact that you love it—you feel a rush of excitement and joy.
3. Hobbies offer a new challenge. Hobbies break up routine sand challenge you in new ways, ways that are different from work, ways that are positive. The great thing about picking up a new hobby is that it provides an excellent outlet for challenging yourself without the negative stress that comes from a work-related challenge.
4. Hobbies unite you with others. Even if you engage in a solo activity, like illustrating, you're exposing yourself to a new world of people, people who find the same thing enjoyable that you do.
5. Hobbies provide an outlet for stress. Adding another activity to your to-do list might seem like a way to create more stress, but I've found that engaging in a new hobby actually provides a great outlet for releasing stress. By focusing on a non-work-related task, you're giving your mind something else to focus on. And when you really get in the flow, all of your worries and stresses seem to fade away.
6. Hobbies promote staying present. If you really love what you're doing, you tend to get in the flow or zone and really, truly focus on the moment. When working on an illustration, hours can magically fly by because it can make you focused on what you're doing. Instead of worrying about the future or dwelling on the past, you're completely and undeniably in the present.
7. Hobbies have physical health benefits. Research has found that engaging in enjoyable activities during down time were associated with lower blood pressure, total cortisol, waist circumference, and body mass index. Engaging in these activities also correlated to higher levels of positive psychosocial states and lower levels of depression and negative affect. Hobbies are good for your mind and your body.
Finding a new hobby isn't always easy. You can't just force yourself to like something; it has to come naturally.
So those are my hobbies during Sunday if I am lazy to roam around -- drawing and cross-stitching, but what I love the most is photography.
What about you, what are your hobbies??
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