Drawn to Nature

Drawn to Nature is a publication I write over on the Substack platform that invites you to stop and look more closely at the beauty of the natural world and to enjoy and appreciate it through a series of thoughtful articles, playful art prompts and easy craft activities. I’d love to bring you with me as I explore the changing seasons and the landscape of North Northumberland - would you like to come? We’ll spend some time getting to know the different wild and domesticated outdoor spaces that I pass through regularly and pause to really look at what we find here. I’d like to inspire you to pick up a pen and a sketchbook, or a notebook and pencil, to observe more closely and record what you see in your own locality.

If you don’t consider yourself an artist (or if you are ‘just’ a dabbler) - this publication is for you. I’m a self-taught artist and a recovering perfectionist and I’d love to show you how drawing and painting the natural world can be easy and relaxing and give you a sense of accomplishment, regardless of your level of skill.

If you’d like to get closer to nature in a more conscious and considered way, then this publication is also for you. Allowing yourself time to just sit in nature - whatever that looks like where you are, from a park bench to a small garden, woodland or something wilder - is always grounding and a pathway to mindfulness in all of its forms.

If you consider yourself to be a curious person, always wanting to learn new things, then this publication is definitely for you, too! I’m very much a magpie, with multiple interests and hobbies, but I find that they all in some way lean on my interest in the natural world and that observing different habitats - whether that is through an artistic, scientific, geographic, or literal lens - means that I always find something new and fascinating to explore.