English nerds. Help.

Thanks Steven, I prefer the feeling of the second statement as well.

Hi Sketch,

If you really want to be technical, neither statement is correct; drawings aren't media any more than painting is. And again, only because it sounds like you're wanting a technical take on this, technically (although not necessarily colloquially) 'mediums' should be 'media' unless you are referring to more than one psychic medium. People are going to understand what you're saying if you write it out either way, though.

That said, if you wanted to state this in a way that bypassed the problem altogether, one option would be "When I'm not coding, I enjoy expressing my creativity by drawing(sketching?), painting(what type of painting?) and jewelry-making(designing jewelry?)."

Or to avoid the negative at the start;

"I enjoy expressing my creativity through developing web apps(or designing webpages, whatever it is you do while coding), drawing(sketching?), painting(what type of painting?) and jewelry-making(designing jewelry?)."

Firstly, I would ask if you ought to use "media" instead of "mediums". Here's a good article on the different uses and applications of each plural form, which I found interesting.

Because you say "such as", you need to use nouns, since an art medium is technically the materials used in creating the art. Here's another good explanation of the subject.

Hope this helps!

Much appreciated, Evan and Matt, for such unexpectedly well explained answers!! Problem solved!

Yay for grammar!