My Dad has been sketching and painting since he was a kid. Now in his 80's still sketching and painting.
I guess that's how I became interested in this hobby.
All you need is a few pencils and some paper to get started. Draw and paint what you see, not what you think you see!
I recently started getting interested in watercolor. That stuff is hard to work with!
I haven't had much time to devote to sketching and painting lately, but I hope to get serious about doing a watercolor of a street I visited in Portugal last summer.
I think this is the most relaxing hobby.
Painting and Sketching
An oil painting I did several years ago
Photo of a sketch I did for good friends of their home in Glen Rock NJ. I did it for them as a gift when they moved.