This excellent guide offers instruction and prompts for anyone who wants to move beyond all-ages coloring and learn to do more creative illustration, even if they’ve never done so before. I’ve done art design and such before, yet this 52-week book is helping me to gain skills, find confidence, relax, and have fun.

It covers a lot, and is broken down into simple 15-minute long activities, with areas to track your progress, so it’s fun to see how far I’ve come. There’s a certificate you sign at the start in which you promise to “release my inner critic from any and all responsibility… to be patient and brave and keep the faith that my daily practice will lead me to joy and freedom.” The book itself is lovely, well-made, with wonderful illustrations throughout.