Hi, I’m Ivanna

A girl from Ukraine, a young mom, and — I’m still getting used to saying this out loud — an artist.

For years my main creative output was procrastination. Really dedicated, high-effort procrastination. I’d reorganize my brushes, research the “perfect” sketchbook, watch tutorials about techniques I wasn’t using. Anything to avoid the actual blank page.

Because the blank page meant I’d have to find out if I was any good. And I was pretty sure I wasn’t.

A few months ago something shifted. I gave my art official permission to be terrible. Not as a cute mindset hack — more like a last resort. I had maybe two hours a week between mom life and everything else, and I couldn’t afford to spend them being precious about it.

Turns out bad drawings are fine. Turns out you survive them.

So I made myself a promise: draw every day and share it. Not the polished ones. All of them — the breakthroughs, the disasters, the drawings that taught me something only after I hated them for a week. The things that quietly changed how I see my own work, and the mistakes I’m still making.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s the actual process, with all the awkward parts left in.

If you needed someone to tell you it’s okay to start before you’re ready — hi, that’s what I’m here for.