The Beany 4 is now available as an ebook
Today I’m very excited to be releasing the first ebook version of my illustrated journal, The Beany. I’ve been drawing and writing The Beany for a number of years, first as a little black and white paperback book and from this year in colour, both as a lovely limited edition hardback and as a paperback more »
New ebook version of The Beany #4 coming Monday and priced at $1.00 for 24 hours
I’m very excited. On Monday I’m going to be releasing the first ebook version of my illustrated journal, The Beany. I love paper books, and I’m not going to stop making them, but I’m excited at the possibilities that publishig this way presents (interactivity, lack of printing cost restraints, instant deliverability, and new ways to more »
Gentle motivation from five of my favourite books
The sun’s been shining A LOT this week in Wales. I’ve been making the most of it (this may well be all the summer we get here!) and doing one of my favourite things, sitting in a shady spot in the garden with a pot of tea and a pile of books. I recently had more »
8 reasons why napping can help keep your creative flow flowing
I’m a great believer in a daily nap. I don’t have much choice I need to rest regularly, but even if I didn’t I’d still prescribe a little siesta (followed by a pot of tea) for everyone involved in any creative endeavour. Resting is an often forgotten step in the creative process, here are eight more »
A year ago on The Blog (and any suggestions for a new blog title?)
I’ve been having a quiet few days, not feeling up to doing very much, so instead of a new blog post today I decided to post a few links to posts from this time last year: Duvet day weekend Staying focused Dealing with criticism – your responses Reading Jung (and the Moomins) The Unconventional Guide more »
Distill your ambitions down to their essential core
Sometimes lack of time or energy make it necessary to make very radical choices about what is important to us, what we want to give priority to and get on with. Sometimes it can just be that the amount of choice and options before us is so overwhelming that reducing them suddenly seems like a more »
Don’t compare yourself to others, just get on with YOUR important work
It’s all too easy to spend much of our time keeping track of what other people are up to, seeing their (apparent) happy and productive lives, measuring against our own, and finding ourselves wanting. Failing, even. What a waste of time (and energy). I speak from the heart here. I spent many years comparing myself more »
Teleport to an exhibition for ME Awareness Day
Today is International ME Awareness Day. A few days ago I wrote a post talking a little about my own experiences of the illness. Today I’m delighted to tell you about an exhibition in a very novel venue that launches to mark the day. I was honoured to be asked to take part. The ME/CFS more »
Create limits to get more stuff done
I understand that it sounds counterintuitive to suggest limiting the amount of effort you put into a project will mean you’ll get more done and come up with a better result, but it’s not. Almost any limits can focus your attention Limiting time, materials, the financial investment, or anything else you can think of is more »
Start to Draw Your Life update
I want to say a big thank you to everyone who downloaded and spread the word about my new free ebook, Start to Draw Your Life. When I launched the ebook, I was aiming to get it downloaded 1000 times, so I’m delighted to have recently passed 3000 downloads. If you haven’t already downloaded your more »
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I'm Michael Nobbs, an artist, blogger and tea drinker (not necessarily in that order).
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