Okay, just to be truthful, when my husband retired and invaded my home office space, I at first was not just looking for a way to occupy him productively, I was looking for my space back!
So when acting school which he adored sort of fizzled out, I next sent him to art school. When he showed me his first painting which the school wanted for their student art show, I commented, “Who knew you’d be so good at it?” And he was as a few of his paintings clearly show.
How wonderful to discover latent talents during one’s retirement years. We should all be so lucky to do so. And even better yet, to be good at them!