Learning to paint watercolours is a nice hobby to help you relax, and can even turn into a nice home business, selling prints locally or online. Watercolor Made Simple is a lovely book to explore your creativity and learn to paint in watercolours, by a popular teacher. The book features easy tutorials and beautifully illustrated step-by-step…
do what you love
why you should keep a nature journal
Keeping a Nature Journal is a beautiful book, that has been revised for over 20 years, such is its popularity. Used by schools to art teachers, this features selections from the author’s own journals (which she’s kept for 40 years) plus prompts and step-by-step drawing techniques, to observe the natural world around you, even right…
tips to be a greener photographer
Photography is a popular hobby across England. Thankfully the old-days of film made with gelatin (animal bones) are almost gone. The bad news is that whereas taking a photo used to be very simple, today digital cameras can be complicated to use, which is why many people now choose to take photos on their smartphone…
dance the night away (sustainably!)
Move Yourself Happy is an uplifting book for anyone who’s been a bit of a couch potato! This fun and highly accessible guide from one of the Strictly Come Dancing professionals explores general wellbeing through joyful movement and dance instructions, along with tips on the four pillars of health: rest, movement, nutrition and positivity. The…
tips for a zero waste office
Heather Stillufsen If you work from home, then make the effort to create a little office, whether that’s in a bedroom or spare room. You can buy desks that fit flush against the wall when not in use, if short of space. This is better for your neck and back than leaning over a laptop…