While I Was Drawing

Home
Notes
Chat
Gift Shop
Mini Illustration Market
Archive
About
Dear creativity
I will create what I love, and I will love what I create, and that will be enough
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
50
A mini illustration market for creatives
Do you love unique and original artwork and illustrations? Love to champion artists around you? Love telling stories with words ✨and✨ pictures? Then…
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
19
Accountant by day, illustrator by night
Who is this Emily, anyway?
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
9
Because, Creativity - An Invitation
Let's try it all. For fun, for joy. Not to be the best, no even to be good, just because.
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
25
Little Moments of Big Magic
"I am going to spend as much time as I can creating delightful things out of my existence, because that's what brings me awake and that's what brings me…
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
55
Most Popular
View all
Failing as a Full Time Creative
 • Emily Charlotte Powell
120
Confessions of a middle aged Substackaholic
 • Emily Charlotte Powell
77
What happened to you Instagram?
 • Emily Charlotte Powell
50
Things I haven't done this year
 • Emily Charlotte Powell
45
Because, Creativity.
"Joy is reason enough to do anything" - Beth Kempton, Kokoro
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
61
The Music of March
There is music in the air, and I find myself longing for spring.
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
27
WIWD Archive: The Joyful Jellyfish
We can get so caught up in being sensible and serious 'grown-ups', with serious jobs, reading serious things, doing serious stuff, that we can sometimes…
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
21
Failing as a Full Time Creative
It’s OK not to be a full time creative. It’s OK not to earn a living from your artwork. It’s OK if your creativity doesn’t pay the bills. Of course it's…
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
120
What happened to you Instagram?
You used to be cool. We used to be friends.
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
50
Moments and Memories
There are moments and memories, stories and songs between the blades of grass and on the underside of the leaves, inside the flowers and dancing in the…
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
19
While I Was Drawing
I got lost. Between one pencil stroke and the next.
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
26
Not An Anniversary Letter
No graphs or subscriber growth tips, no numbers or charts or advice. Just a celebration, some thoughts, some words and some pictures.
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
36
2:52
The time it takes is the right time
Watch now | There are no rules. Whenever you start, that is the right time. Whatever you draw, or write, or create, however long it takes, is right. And…
 • 
Emily Charlotte Powell
42
While I Was Drawing
While I Was Drawing
“Lots happens while I am drawing. I get lost. I find things. I learn and discover. I’m sharing stories with you about things I’ve lived and learned, loved and lamented, as an illustrator, mum, wife, daughter, friend and all the roles we play in our lives.
Recommendations
View all 16
The Wild Forgotten
The Wild Forgotten
Natalie Eslick
5:20 Pacific
5:20 Pacific
Brandon Saiz
Entre Nous
Entre Nous
Sara Tasker - Me & Orla
Shriek of the Week
Shriek of the Week
Charlie from Birdsong Academy
Secret Gardens
Secret Gardens
Keeley Rees

While I Was Drawing

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2024 Emily Charlotte Powell
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture