Either way, after a few hours of drawing, my neck would hurt and feel sore. I had to lie down in bed to seek relief. My training in technical drafting at the Singapore Polytechnic was a great help. The fundamental skills I learned in perspective drawing, picture composition and shadow-casting made it easier in certain aspects of my initiation into painting. But the skills I had learnt in architectural school were dimensional drawings, stenciled in black and white, and drawn by hand before my accident.
Painting is known to be therapeutic.
It could be a form of self-rehabilitation. To see the colour green appear from a mixture of blue and yellow never ceases to delight my eyes. I was initially overwhelmed and over-awed by the different combinations possible. I made the usual beginner's mistake of trying to draw too many things at once. To draw a cluster of four or five flowers together was a very amateurish attempt that ended in a poor painting.