The Unconventional Guide to Art and Money
Some of you may remember a few weeks ago I was interviewed over Skype for a new project (in fact the interview was instrumental in helping me create a new habit of podcasting in my pajamas, so it was useful in more ways than one!). Well, the project is finished and you can read more more »
Reading Jung (and the Moomins)
It’s been a long holiday weekend here and I’ve spent most of it resting and reading. I seem to need a lot of rest again at the moment and I’ve found myself thinking a lot about how best to construct my life in a way that is compatible with both being creative and coping with more »
Thank you – £42 donated
A big thank-you to everyone who’s ordered a copy of the limited edition version of 75 Ways to Draw More. Forty-two of the fifty copies have sold so far, so today I was able to make a donation of £42 to Macmillan Cancer Support. There are still a few limited edition copies of the booklet more »
Dealing with criticism – your responses
In today’s micro-podcast I’m reading through some of the responses people kindly sent in in reply to my question last week about how other artists deal with criticism. If you responded, thank you, and sorry if I didn’t get to you reply in the podcast. __ If you enjoyed this post and podcast it would more »
Asking a question and (another) Beany giveaway
If you missed out on my last Beany giveaway fear not, photographer Peter Bryenton has kindly organised a competition to win a copy issue three of my illustrated journal. You can find full details of how to enter on his blog here. In today’s micro-podcast I’m asking about how people, particularly artists, deal with criticism. more »
Staying focused
I’ve finally emerged from under my duvet after a few days of rest. The rest has done me good I think, I seem to be feeling a lot calmer, and less driven and, if at all possible, I’d like to stay that way. Last week on Twitter and in my micro-podcast I was asking the more »
Duvet day weekend
I’m having a duvet day weekend. Even after years of dealing with ME/CFS I still find it hard to admit to myself that I need to rest. Yesterday I announced on Twitter that I was having a duvet day (if you don’t know the term, that’s a day spent with one’s duvet. I usually spend more »
75 Ways to Draw More round-up
<br/><br/> A lot has been happening over the last couple of weeks with my little booklet 75 Ways to Draw More and I thought it would be useful to put together a post putting all the relevant links in one place: <br/> The booklet can be downloaded for free on Flickr You can read the more »
Win a set of Beanys
A big thank you to Susan Burch for sending me this photo of a copy of 75 Ways to Draw More that she printed out and made. I got a huge kick from seeing the little booklet in situ across the Altlantic (it feels a little like magic). It occurs to me that I could more »
Beany Giveaway results and #Drawn2FlickrDay
I had a lovely day on Friday looking for links on Flickr to post on Twitter for #Drawn2FlickrDay. Thank you to everyone who also posted links. You can see the links to all the wonderful drawings we found here. In this morning’s micro-podcast I announce the winners from last week’s Beany giveaway. I’m very sorry more »
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I'm Michael Nobbs, an artist, blogger and tea drinker (not necessarily in that order).
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