I didn't originate the simile, but using a mouse to draw with (even with a tablet) is like trying to draw with a bar of soap. Use the pen/stylus, definitely.  :^)

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy